Primary school pupils have worked on a special art project to celebrate diversity and inclusion on Anglesey. Children from Ysgol Gynradd Amlwch joined Anglesey Archives, Oriel Môn and prominent North Wales artist, Jwls Williams, to trace the lives of two prominent Jewish families. Both the Pollecoff and Stein families emigrated from Russia to Anglesey during … Continue reading Pupils’ work celebrates diversity and inclusion
World Digital Preservation Day 2019
November 7th is World Digital Preservation Day. This is a global campaign, co-ordinated by the Digital Preservation Coalition, to raise awareness of the issues associated with the preservation of digital information. The theme of this year’s campaign is At Risk Digital Materials, but I would argue that all digital material is at risk, as the … Continue reading World Digital Preservation Day 2019
Collaborative working at Flintshire Record Office and Denbighshire Archives
Flintshire Record Office and Denbighshire Archives are looking to merge to create a joint archive service in a new Archive Centre. It will comprise a repository for archive material along with public research rooms, exhibition space and education facilities. Staff from both services have already been working on various joint projects throughout the year. All … Continue reading Collaborative working at Flintshire Record Office and Denbighshire Archives
Powys Archives: how we can help you with your research.
Powys Archives is located in Llandrindod Wells, and serves as the official repository for the records of the county of Powys. Our collections date from the fourteenth century and include public records from bodies such as courts and hospitals; official records such as county council and school records; ecclesiastical and non-conformist records, which can provide … Continue reading Powys Archives: how we can help you with your research.
Oral history and community groups
Oral history is something we have made much of in West Glamorgan Archive Service. This grew out of some sterling work done in the 1970s by a combination of individuals and groups using reel-to-reel tape recorders, which left us with a strong base of recordings of reminiscence interviews. Magnetic tape is quite fragile, so rather … Continue reading Oral history and community groups
Fake News, Mental Health and Escaping the Library: Civic Mission in Archives and Libraries
“City and College should stand, shoulder to shoulder, facing the problems of life together” These words were written by a member of the Cardiff University Settlement in 1906. The settlement was a radical experiment in education and friendship between the University and its immediate neighbours. 113 years later, these words still sum up why we … Continue reading Fake News, Mental Health and Escaping the Library: Civic Mission in Archives and Libraries
Anglesey Archives celebrates its Sporting Heritage
Anglesey Archives has received a grant of £480 from Sporting Heritage for an event to celebrate the island’s sporting past and raise awareness of the ‘Ynys Môn Island Games Association’. Anglesey’s bid to host the International Island Games in 2025 was given a significant boost when the International Island Games Association (IIGA) confirmed in July … Continue reading Anglesey Archives celebrates its Sporting Heritage
An Introduction to the Raissa Page Collection at the Richard Burton Archives, Swansea University
Raissa Page (1932-2011) was a Canadian photographer who lived in the UK from the 1950’s until her death. She had a successful first career as a social worker specialising in looked-after children, but in her mid-40s left this profession to become a documentary photographer. Her archive was donated to Swansea University in 2014 and is … Continue reading An Introduction to the Raissa Page Collection at the Richard Burton Archives, Swansea University
Humans of Cardigan: The Photographs of John Turnor Mathias
Ceredigion Archives holds an extensive collection of photographs from the studio of John Turnor Mathias, who operated in the town of Cardigan from the 1860s onward. Mathias photographed everyone, or so it seems from the hundreds of prints which survived. His work was not confined to the studio; there are also photographs of streets in … Continue reading Humans of Cardigan: The Photographs of John Turnor Mathias
The Public Sector Paperless Awards 2019
The Public Sector Paperless Awards were established in 2017 to encourage digital progress, recognise achievement and spread good practice in digital transformation within public sector organisations. This year there were several categories of award, ranging from data security, system interoperability, customer experience and workflow efficiency. As the work of the ARCW Digital Preservation Group has … Continue reading The Public Sector Paperless Awards 2019
