Over the past few weeks, Alastair Nisbet has explained how the Children of World War II project was born, researched, and marketed. In the final part of this small series, today he explains what the legacy of the project has been… — In her stories Jean talks about dancing the Palais Glide along the promenade… Read more Children of World War II – Dancing the Palais Glide
Last week we introduced you to the Children of World War II project. If you missed that blog, go and have a read of it here. This week, Alistair Nisbet explains how the project evolved… — Eighty years on, the children from our four schools had a lot to learn. In stepped a wonderful team… Read more Children of World War II – Turning recollections into audio drama
Hello, I’m Ruth and I began working as the Thomas Hardy Project Archivist in mid-March. I have moved down to Dorset from West Yorkshire, where I was working at Special Collections and Galleries in the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds. Over the next sixteen months I will be creating a detailed catalogue of… Read more The Thomas Hardy Cataloguing Project is Underway!
At DHC we are always excited to have the opportunity to work collaboratively with young people. During the first lockdown last year we were joined by a volunteer who is currently between her first degree and an MA. She has worked with us entirely online, transcribing some of our LGBT+Speakout! interviews, and beginning to analyse… Read more Analysing the LGBT+ Speakout Project
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
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
Recent Comments