Tag: Volunteering Records and researchOne positive outcome from a terrible disasterThursday 7 April 2022This is the latest in a series of blogs to promote the work of...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...Records and researchConnecting the enslaved at Cape Coast Castle to Royal Navy Captains’ letters 1793-1815Wednesday 24 November 2021I started volunteering at The National Archives in September 2018 as part of an...Records and researchLeonard Orpin: A tale of two warsThursday 11 November 2021Since 2017 a team of volunteers at The National Archives has been devoting its...Records and researchCataloguing the Middle East Mandates: Restarting the projectThursday 8 July 2021Back in 2018, we planned a project to catalogue part of the Colonial Office...Archives and archivistsCelebrating our Volunteer ForceTuesday 1 June 2021Despite not being able to operate on site at The National Archives in Kew...Records and researchThe extraordinary life of Douglas BaderSunday 21 February 2021Born 111 years ago today, Douglas Bader would grow up to be a Royal...Behind the scenesPictures of the past: Cataloguing COPY 1 paintings and drawingsWednesday 3 June 2020To celebrate National Volunteers’ Week, today we focus our attention on a project to improve...Records and researchCataloguing the Middle East mandates – making inroadsMonday 18 May 2020Back in August 2018, we published a blog on a volunteer project to catalogue...Records and researchChocks Away! The life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-ChapmanTuesday 17 September 2019Now approaching the half-way mark in the WO 416 (Second World War British and...Records and researchThumbs up to railway accidentsTuesday 21 May 2019Between June 1908 and November 1917 there were 63 injuries to the thumbs of...Technology and innovationHow to teach a computer to readMonday 13 May 2019A thought that may have crossed your mind when reading the title of this... « 1 2