Tag: Volunteers Records and researchInternational Volunteer Day 2023: The work that inspired Great EscapesTuesday 5 December 2023International Volunteer Day is the perfect time to celebrate the efforts that inspired our...Records and researchAaron Graham and the prison hulks of the early 19th centuryWednesday 1 November 2023Volunteer Carol Kellas looks at how one man improved the lives of prisoners on...Records and researchLeaving the Italian prisoner of war camp FontanellatoWednesday 7 June 2023How prisoners of war escaped from Italy following the Italian armistice of September 1943....Records and researchThe Hampton Court RobberyMonday 5 June 2023One of our dedicated volunteers tells a true crime story he discovered in our...Archives and archivistsPre-Raphaelites, John Bull and lobsters: Highlights from cataloguing the Stationers’ Company copyright collectionFriday 25 November 2022For the last few years, our dedicated team of volunteers have been working hard...Archives and archivistsZSPC11: An example of innovation through a pandemicFriday 25 November 2022For Catalogue Week 2022, lead volunteer Mel Draper traces the work of the ZSCP...Technology and innovationMiiifyThursday 17 November 2022The National Archives has benefitted from the generous work of volunteers for years, welcoming...Records and researchThe Duchess of Norfolk’s DeedsFriday 7 October 2022Since August 2021, a team of dedicated volunteers has been helping The National Archives...Records and researchCommunal violence in 1808 and the role of the magistratesWednesday 5 October 2022various parts of England in 1808 which highlight the role of magistrates in dealing...Records and research‘Bad and Ripe for Mischief’: Events of 1810 as seen by the Home OfficeThursday 4 August 2022The past, they say, is another country and Home Office papers from 1810 reveal...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...Archives and archivistsThe challenges of working on the Operation War Diary recordsWednesday 6 April 2022Operation War Diary was a five-year collaboration between Zooniverse, Imperial War Museums and The... 1 2 3 … 5 »