Search results found for: "prize papers" Archives and archivistsPrizes for all: Volunteering on the Prize Papers ProjectWednesday 11 May 2022Prizes, in nautical parlance, are enemy ships captured in wartime. The glory days of...Records and researchPlaying cards captured at sea: Prize Papers of L’Aimable JulieWednesday 24 March 2021Some of The National Archives’ most striking visual records are found in the most...Records and researchLetters of Note: Preparing the Prize Papers for digitisationThursday 30 April 2020Digitisation improves access to The National Archives’ rich collections. It is vital for opening...Records and researchWar at Sea: Privateers and Prize PapersTuesday 14 April 2020When I think of war at sea, my mind turns to images of Trafalgar...Archives and archivistsCatalogue as Data: the Prize Papers from the 2nd Anglo-Dutch WarThursday 1 February 2018In my last blog I highlighted the opportunities of using cataloguing as an historical dataset,...Behind the scenesKeeper’s Gallery: Prize PapersTuesday 28 October 2014Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display related to the High Court of Admiralty Prize...Records and researchIntroducing the Printed Prize Appeals: Selected examples from HCA 45Tuesday 22 February 2022In the days when wooden ships could be taken by (threat of) force, without...Archives and archivistsCatalogue Week 2021: Day FiveFriday 26 November 2021The final day of Catalogue Week 2021 sees three presentations including a study of...Archives and archivistsCatalogue Week 2021: Day OneMonday 22 November 2021Traditionally, the final week of November marks our annual Catalogue Day event here at...Archives and archivistsBaffled by archives: Part threeTuesday 28 January 2020‘Baffled by archives’ is a three-part blog series addressing the issues and challenges that...Archives and archivistsCatalogue as Data: the basicsWednesday 24 January 2018Any researcher interested in working with historical data knows that the most difficult and...Records and researchThe Medway Raid and 17th century maritime warfareThursday 22 June 2017The Medway Raid was the final and decisive major operation of the Second Anglo-Dutch... 1 2 »