Merry Christmas!
We are open again on the 27th December!
Christmas Correspondence
Christmas is a time of year when many people send cards and letters to loved ones and here at Dorset History Centre we have some lovely examples of these. In 1896 17 year old Francis Arthur Marten was serving on HMS Nelson. On the 12th of December he wrote a letter home to his father… Read more Christmas Correspondence
Archives A-Z: H is for houses
House history is something we frequently get asked about here at Dorset History Centre. There are a whole variety of reasons why knowing about a property can be important, be them legal, academic or just plain curiosity. We hold a range of sources which can help house historians find more information about their property. Maps… Read more Archives A-Z: H is for houses
Professor Mark Stoyle, History Department, University of Southampton
We are thrilled to publish the next in our series of blogs in which academic users of the Dorset History Centre reflect on the archival collections they have accessed here, and how these have assisted, and added to, their particular research. Here, Professor Mark Stoyle from the University of Southampton discusses some of our Quarter… Read more Professor Mark Stoyle, History Department, University of Southampton
Professor French, University of Exeter
This is the first in a series of blogs we will be running whereby we speak to different academic users of Dorset History Centre, ask them some questions, and thereby gather insight into their interests, and discover how accessing our collections can assist and add to their research. To begin this series, we are delighted… Read more Professor French, University of Exeter
Unlocking the Bankes Archive project conference
We have uncovered some incredible documents whilst working on the Unlocking the Bankes Archive project. It felt a bit greedy to keep them to ourselves, so we thought we’d share these fascinating stories with all of you!
Dorset Archives Trust Summer Gala
Dorset Archives Trust will host their annual summer event at St Giles House on 12 July. Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, will share stories from his family archives and his project to save the house from disrepair. In recent years the 12th Earl of Shaftesbury has undertaken ambitious restoration work on his ancestral home and… Read more Dorset Archives Trust Summer Gala
Archives A-Z: G is for gardens
At this time of year many of us are spending our free time in the garden. Our collections reveal a passion for gardening going back centuries. Changing fashions Plans for alterations to the grounds at Frampton House demonstrate the changing fashions in eighteenth century garden design (reference: D-SHE/22). In 1778 a survey of the grounds… Read more Archives A-Z: G is for gardens
Dorset History Centre celebrates accreditation
Dorset History Centre recently celebrated achieving Accredited Archive Service status from The National Archives. Accreditation is the process by which the archive service is assessed across a wide range of indicators ranging from finance and governance to collections management and community and stakeholder engagement. Assessors from The National Archives also visited Dorset History Centre to… Read more Dorset History Centre celebrates accreditation
Archives A-Z: F is for film
Our 8 miles of shelving includes a special room for audio-visual material – film, photographic and audio records. This room is slightly drier and cooler than the paper and parchment repositories. Physical items are stored in archival packaging and labelled with a reference number so we can find them again. The challenge is that the… Read more Archives A-Z: F is for film
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