Since last October, we have had David Johnston-Smith as a Project Archivist cataloguing the Dame Elisabeth Frink collection held at Dorset History Centre. The latter part of this project has been made more challenging by circumstances, but in this blog, David wanted to give his thoughts on the project and the collection as a whole…… Read more The Frink Archive Project – an Archivist’s personal reflections
“When I could finally come out to my parents – that was when I felt liberated, and that I could live openly” In February, we told you about twenty-five oral history recordings we had developed, in partnership with LGBTQ+ volunteers. These recordings involve Dorset residents talking about their experiences around coming out, their views on… Read more LGBTQ+ Histories Now Available!
“Unique” “Unprecedented” “Strange” — Since Dorset History Centre closed its doors to the public on the 20th March in the face of the looming global pandemic, the world has changed. How we live and work is now very different to how it was just two months ago. In April, in conjunction with Lighthouse, Poole, we… Read more Corona Diaries
With the exception of the fascinating recent blog about our conservator creating protective packaging for the wonderful plaster maquettes, it has been a while since we updated you about the exciting project to catalogue the archive of the renowned sculptor, Dame Elisabeth Frink. This collection was provided to Dorset History Centre in accordance with the… Read more Elisabeth Frink: A project update
At the end of March (which feels a long time ago now), our project to catalogue the records of the Herrison Hospital collection ended. Before she left, our Project Archivist, Sophie Smith, gave us her thoughts on the project and the collection… — Working with a collection as complex and varied as the Herrison Hospital… Read more Herrison Hospital Collection: A Year in Review
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
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
The exciting one-year project to catalogue the collection of sculptor Dame Elisabeth Frink, who spent the last 16 years of her life in Dorset at Woolland, near Blandford Forum, has now been running for three months. Project Archivist, David Johnston-Smith, has now designed a catalogue structure and is currently working his way through the approximately… Read more The Dame Elisabeth Frink Project – an update
In April, Dorset History Centre appointed Sophie Smith as the Archivist to catalogue the Herrison Hospital collection. In this blog she gives us her thoughts on her first three months… — When this Wellcome Trust funded project at Dorset History Centre began we were tasked with structuring the catalogue of the Herrison Hospital collection. The… Read more Herrison Hospital Project Update
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