Tag: Preservation Archives and archivistsHow to date family photographsThursday 2 April 2020When photographs are passed down through generations of families, sometimes the stories of the...Records and researchA recipe for transparent paperTuesday 4 June 2019Transparent papers are widely present in archives, libraries and museums, and yet their manufacturing...Behind the scenesConservation for loans and exhibitionsMonday 4 September 2017Our loans programme helps to spread the riches of our collections beyond our archival...Behind the scenesDomesday Book – a brief material historyFriday 26 May 2017Explore the history of the archival crown jewel that is Domesday Book…...Behind the scenesPreserving First World War diariesFriday 9 October 2015The National Archives is committed to digitising our collections as a tool for both access...Behind the scenesKeeping FO 371 accessibleWednesday 28 January 2015Among the vast collections held here at The National Archives, FO 371 is one of...Behind the scenesProtecting our (and your!) collectionTuesday 20 January 2015Polyester or polyethylene envelopes, rather than other plastics such as polyvinylchloride (PVC), are used...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...Behind the scenesTo display or not to display – that is the question…Thursday 17 April 2014Faded book spines, curtain backs, and tapestries; we’ve all witnessed the irreversible damage that...Managing information‘It depends what kind of distortion you prefer!’Wednesday 26 March 2014Keeping Tracks was a lively one-day seminar at The British Library which addressed approaches...Behind the scenesLearning through doing in collection careWednesday 19 March 2014I started off 2014 with a three month internship with the Collections Care department...Behind the scenesTransparent papers thank you! (keep up the good work)Thursday 28 November 2013Transparent papers, such as tracing paper and vegetable parchment, are a valuable yet fragile... 1 2 »
