Dorset History Centre has been lucky enough to be gifted the archive of Dame Elisabeth Frink, one of Britain’s foremost modern sculptors – this was provided to DHC in accordance with the wishes of the artist’s late son Lin Jammet. Work to catalogue the archive has been underway since October and you will hear from the archivist undertaking… Read more The Frink Archive at Dorset History Centre – an update
‘Royal Weymouth’ is a four-volume book that we hold within our collection. Like ‘The Extra Illustrated Edition of Hutchins’, it has been put together by A.M. Broadley, but instead of grangerising one book, these volumes are based around several accounts of the Royal visits to Weymouth by King George III and his family. The first… Read more Royal Weymouth, Volume 1 – Cuttings and Correspondence
Beales department store in Bournemouth in Hampshire, now Dorset, was founded in 1881 on the Old Christchurch Road. Initially know as the ‘Fancy Fair and Oriental House’, the shop grew into one of the landmark buildings and brands in Bournemouth. Generations of Beales headed up the company, one of whom, Frank Beale (d. 2001) went to train at Macy’s in New… Read more Beales – archives of an iconic retailer saved for posterity!
Our Conservator not only works on the collections we hold here, but also does external work for different clients as well. In this week’s blog, she explains her recent work on a Roll of Honour from the Tank Museum. — In the Royal Armoured Corps Memorial Room at The Tank Museum, two leather bound volumes… Read more Repairing a Roll of Honour
Update 17 March 2020 We have reluctantly taken the decision to cancel the Dorset History Day on Saturday 28 March 2020. Please see our statement in full below. If you have ordered tickets, we will be in touch to organise a refund through Eventbrite. — On Saturday 28 March 2020, Dorset History Centre, in partnership… Read more Dorset History Day 2020
We are sharing a monthly look at the farm diary of John Foss, written from his dairy farm in Kingston Russell in 1851. March 1851 In March, the weather starts cold, but soon gives way to rain and mild temperatures, with some stormy days at the end of the month. The farm begins to plant… Read more The Diary of John Foss: March 1851
In partnership with volunteers from Bournemouth’s LGBTQ+ community, Dorset History Centre is adding twenty-five queer stories to the Dorset Sound Archive. DHC has worked carefully over eighteen months to shape a project and are delighted with the results. Trained volunteers, who collaborated on the design of the project, spoke with people from their early twenties… Read more 25 People Speak Out!
David Johnston-Smith, the project archivist currently cataloguing the Dame Elisabeth Frink archival collection, was delighted to be invited to speak at a recent Christie’s Lates event on 13th January in London. David was due to be introducing the archival collection to the large and enthusiastic crowd these popular evening events encourage, whilst Annette Ratuszniak, former… Read more Dame Elisabeth Frink at Christie’s Lates
We are sharing a monthly look at the farm diary of John Foss, written from his dairy farm in Kingston Russell in 1851. February 1851 February starts with “a very rough wet morning new moon & Eclips in the sun”. Whilst there was an eclipse on the 1st Feb 1851, it was in the southern… Read more The Diary of John Foss: February 1851
Following on from our series of blogs on the Extra-illustrated Edition of Rev. John Hutchins’ ‘The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset’ we have been looking in more detail at the author and the troubled history of his book. — John Hutchins was born on 21st September 1698 in Bradford Peverell. He was… Read more Rev. John Hutchins – author of a cursed book?
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