Happy New Year and welcome to the first post about the York: Gateway to History Heritage Lottery Funded project. ‘York: Gateway to History is an exciting project to create a 21st century Archive and Local History Service for York - a service which serves and reflects all communities and cultures, past and present, in this … Continue reading A New Year a new project!
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The CMH project: an end and a beginning
The NCGS-funded City Making History project officially comes to an end this month, though work on the civic archive will continue as part of our preparations for reopening the archive in the improved HLF-funded spaces at York Explore in late 2014. The online civic catalogue in all its glory is intended to be one of … Continue reading The CMH project: an end and a beginning
Many hands make light work
As promised, here is an introduction to the work of the City Making History Project volunteers – processing the civic archive at item level whilst I catalogue it at series level. A while back I hosted a training and induction day for the volunteers to meet each other and me, find out about the project, and have … Continue reading Many hands make light work
Full steam ahead
Since I got back from my holiday everything has speeded up. I’ve now moved offices to the offsite storage location, and am working there 4 days a week. On Fridays I’m back at the art gallery or hot-desking in the new council building West Offices, to catch up with my line manager and plan the … Continue reading Full steam ahead
The York: A City Making History Project needs YOU
It’s now that time in the project where we are looking for people to help us. Whilst I can just about catalogue the archive in the time available, I won’t be able to package everything to modern preservation standards on my own. This is where you come in! The idea is that I catalogue at … Continue reading The York: A City Making History Project needs YOU
Speading the Word: The City Making History project goes to Liverpool
A while ago I was invited to speak at a Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies (LUCAS) event entitled “New Directions in Cataloguing”. The organisers were putting together a programme of speakers from new initiatives to explain what they were doing, and give an opportunity for archivists and archive students to discuss strengths, weaknesses and … Continue reading Speading the Word: The City Making History project goes to Liverpool
Taking Stock of ‘A City Making History’
It’s now week 33 of this project, and I thought it would be a good time to take a step back and look at what I’ve done so far. I’m going to give a recap of Phases 2-4 of the project and then talk about what I’m doing for Phase 5 over the next four weeks. … Continue reading Taking Stock of ‘A City Making History’
The story so far: methods and sources
There are two weeks left in my research phase, so here's what I’ve been up to. I started out by exploring the history of York and local government, and then researched the changing structure of the council departments and committees using printed minute books. I now have a good idea of the workings of the council and … Continue reading The story so far: methods and sources
The project gets underway
Welcome to the very first post of the York: A City Making History blog! I'm Justine, the project archivist and over the next 15 or so months I will use this space to share my journey cataloguing the 800+ years worth of records that make up the York civic archive. York: A City Making History … Continue reading The project gets underway
Welcome to the blog of the Explore York Archives Service 