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Revealing the Lived Experience of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic People in Wales

Wales is a multi-cultural nation, where people from many different cultural backgrounds have lived alongside each other for generations.  However, the lived experiences of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic people are often underrepresented, although their stories are to be found in a multitude of collections, including documents, photographs, pictures, artefacts and audio-visual material. Archives and … Continue reading Revealing the Lived Experience of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic People in Wales

Launch of Explore Your Archive 2017 campaign at Glamorgan Archives

On Friday the 17th of November Explore your Archive campaign will be officially launched by well known TV Presenter Mari Grug at Glamorgan Archives. Explore your Archive Campaign aims to open the phenomenal archival collections held by organisations – public and private – across the UK and Ireland, whatever their size and scale, and wherever … Continue reading Launch of Explore Your Archive 2017 campaign at Glamorgan Archives

Flintshire Record Office Supports National Campaign

Two free events have been hosted by Flintshire Record Office staff in the same week at The Old Rectory to support the National Explore Your Archive campaign.  Stephanie Hines, an Archivist from Flintshire Record Office tells us all about them...''Having been asked to identify one item from our collections to highlight for the campaign we selected Thomas … Continue reading Flintshire Record Office Supports National Campaign