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Elsie Sandell (fl 1930-1974), local historian: additional research notes, newspaper cuttings, and printed material c1930-1979 (Acc 7245) Oswald Richardson, general practitioner. Southampton: practice ...

You may have seen a letter drafted for me by your department to send to Mr. Delargy about the case of an evicted man. If you have not seen it here is a copy. This makes me wonder what the true state ...

The handling and movement of mould-affected material should be minimised to reduce the health risk to staff, and of cross-contamination within your collection. Material displaying inactive mould ...

A risk assessment will provide a framework to identify hazards, assess associated risks and determine appropriate control measures. When mould is present within a collection and/or its storage space, ...

While respondents reported that their archives were open most weeks of the year, they were only open for 21 to 22 hours a week on average, the equivalent of three days out of seven. This inevitably ...

In this blog, Olivia Gecseg explains the work that a team of volunteers started earlier this year, transcribing records of design copyright registrations for the period 1884–1888, from volumes known ...

The Digital Archives Learning Exchange (DALE) was established in 2019 to explore digital challenges, build capacity and improve digital skills across the archive sector. Facilitated by The National ...