When the Dame Elisabeth Frink archive arrived at the Dorset History Centre, it came with some unusual items. Along with a number of bronzes are eight small groups of plaster maquettes, the largest of these measuring no more than 30cm high. Maquettes are preparatory models that sculptors make to help them visualise the final piece… Read more Protecting the work of Dame Elisabeth Frink
It’s fair to say I didn’t expect my first three months at Dorset History Centre to turn out quite like this… I’m Owen and I’m the new Collections Archivist at Dorset History Centre. I joined the team at the end of January, having previously worked as a Records Manager at the European Central Bank in… Read more Welcome to DHC!
‘…I have scrawled with my pencil a sort of view…’ D-BKL/H/J/1/1357 — In recent times, and particularly during this period, our means of communication has become largely ephemeral and digital; including text messaging, video and audio. But for centuries it was not so. Until the advent of the telephone in the latter part of the… Read more Archival Types – Letters and Correspondence
Whilst the Coronavirus lockdown continues, we have asked our Conservator for some bookbinding activities you can try at home. This is the third of three blogs in which she will show you how to do some book-binding at home… — A part of my job that I always look forward to is running bookbinding sessions. … Read more Bookbinding DIY – Piano hinge binding
Whilst the Coronavirus lockdown continues, we have asked our Conservator for some bookbinding activities you can try at home. This is the second of three blogs in which she will show you how to do some book-binding at home… — A part of my job that I always look forward to is running bookbinding sessions. … Read more Bookbinding DIY – Single Section Pamphlet
Whilst the Coronavirus lockdown continues, we have asked our Conservator for some bookbinding activities you can try at home. This is the first of three blogs in which she will show you how to do some book-binding at home… — A part of my job that I always look forward to is running bookbinding sessions. … Read more Bookbinding DIY – Japanese Stab-Stitch binding
We are sharing a monthly look at the farm diary of John Foss, written from his dairy farm in Kingston Russell in 1851. April 1851 The month begins with a standard day for John Foss. On Wednesday 2nd he: Ate breakfast Admired the weather Cut furze and brought some home Changed the cows in Buttermead… Read more The Diary of John Foss: April 1851
In recent times we have published requests for Coronavirus diaries and other media, we have told you more about who we are, and what we do; and we have shared with you an example of what records from centuries ago can tell us about how (or how not) to manage during a crisis. In the… Read more Save your records!
In recent times, we have been developing some activity sheets for children to keep them entertained if their parents are visiting Dorset History Centre. Given the current COVID-19 situation, we hope parents are able to use them at home to inspire or entertain their children! The sheets are available as PDF documents or you can… Read more Something for the kids…
During this period where many of us are in effect house-bound, we thought that it would be useful to revisit the basis on which the Dorset History Centre (DHC) was established in 1955 – i.e. to preserve and make accessible archives and to ask the question ‘what are archives?’ and ‘why should we keep them?’… Read more Archives – what they are and what you can do with them?
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