Tag Archives: archive role

Captain Charles Sydney Parsons 1891 – 1957

Posted on November 19, 2018 by buryculture

Ahead of the WW1 centenary over four years ago, we put a call out for donations of WW1 documents and photographs. What we aimed to do was gather together as many records as we could to preserve in our archive … Continue reading →

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Meeting the Volunteers

Posted on July 24, 2015 by buryculture

We always look forward to working with our volunteers – they make our roles, as archives assistants, both rewarding and fun! Some of our volunteers have been with the Archives for quite a long time – longer than Nic and I – and … Continue reading →

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Finding a home.

Posted on July 22, 2015 by buryculture

Part of the work of an Archive team is to ensure that documents find their way into the most appropriate collection. On occasion this means that deposits are relocated from one Archive to another. Ensuring that documents find the most … Continue reading →

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How clean is your archive?

Posted on September 26, 2014 by buryculture

We certainly found out the answer to this question when we rolled up our sleeves, picked up our dusters, strapped on the super-vac and made our way around the aisles of the store-room, sucking up dust and dirt from every … Continue reading →

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Working with Donations

Posted on August 13, 2014 by buryculture

Before I started working in The Centre for Cultural Collections my idea of an archive service was an idyllic one. It went something like this: row upon row of neatly-shelved boxes containing perfect examples of medieval manuscripts; an archivist whose … Continue reading →

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