Sir Charles Lyell Collection
The Explore Your Archive campaign theme for February is nature. For our first blog post related to the monthly themes of the […]
Wolverhampton City Archive collates material of Punjabi migration to the city
For this month’s ‘In Focus’ blog, Heidi McIntosh of Wolverhampton City Archives joins us to introduce the Apna Heritage Archive. Working from […]
Introducing the new EYA team for 2021
In December Explore Your Archive put out a call for volunteers to help expand their campaign and build on previous successes. We […]
The Archive In Clongowes Wood College
History and development Clongowes Wood College SJ, near Clane in Co Kildare has a long and rich history of education in Ireland […]
Historic property listing for I’m a Celebrity castle uncovered as part of Explore Your Archive week
A historic property listing for Gwrych Castle, made famous by this year’s series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! […]
Dublin City Council Archive – A city response to Covid-19
Back in March, when the pandemic took hold in Ireland and the first lockdown was introduced, it was clear that we were […]
Business Archives Council Scotland Supporting Scottish businesses for 60 years.
2020 marks the 60th anniversary of the Business Archives Council of Scotland (BACS). In 1977 the BACS Executive Committee, matching funding from […]
Taking History Day online – Creating a digital fair to discover history collections
Since 2014, History Day has brought together students, researchers and history enthusiasts with professionals from archives, libraries, publishers and other organisations with history collections. Past […]
Bridging the Digital Gap Traineeships Bring New Skills into Archives
Today’s documentary evidence is recorded as a series of 0s and 1s and stored on hard drives and servers. Therefore, archives need technical people and new approaches to capture and preserve these digital records today to ensure […]
Featured Archive – The University of Stirling Archives and Special Collections
The University of Stirling Archives and Special Collections (ASC) moved from our lovely loch side reading room to computers hastily set up […]