Tag: Volunteers Behind the scenesThe Home GuardTuesday 17 July 2018In June 1940, following a scrambled evacuation of troops at Dunkirk, the Second World...Behind the scenesDigitising images on seal moulds: an exciting resourceMonday 11 June 2018Our Collection Care department is giving a new lease of life to a set...Behind the scenesSurveying our transparent papers: volunteers in Collection CareMonday 12 March 2018The National Archives’ collection of modern materials includes photographs, plastics, films and transparent papers....Records and researchShip Money, Charles I and the Privy CouncilMonday 25 September 2017I'm glad the Early Modern Team asked me to join their PC 2 project...Behind the scenesVolunteers at The National Archives: thank you!Monday 30 January 2017We benefit from the dedication and commitment of our volunteers from across the world…......Records and researchThe Great Fire of London and the Privy CouncilMonday 5 September 2016Exploring how the Privy Council responded to the critical emergency of the Great Fire...Records and research‘Not a fair trial’: Edward Ashford’s petitions for mercyWednesday 20 April 2016Exploring the story of Edward Ashford, who appears to have been in the wrong...Records and research‘To share in his fate’: petitioning to join those transported overseasTuesday 16 February 2016We explore petitions from women who wanted to join their husbands in exile…...Records and research‘A floating Hell’: life on early 19th century convict hulksTuesday 1 September 2015Over the last few months I have introduced some of the convicts we have...Records and researchGeorge Sanglier’s petitions: two sides to every petitionTuesday 4 August 2015My last blog focused on James Hawkins, a thief so determined not to be...Records and researchJames Hawkins’ daring escapes – a convict who refused to accept his sentenceTuesday 7 July 2015Last month I wrote a blog introducing the work being done by a team...Records and researchPentrich: from seditions to petitionsTuesday 9 June 2015Today (and tomorrow morning) mark the 198th anniversary of the Pentrich Rising in 1817.... « 1 2 3 4 5 »
