{"id":4456,"date":"2024-11-27T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T09:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/?p=4456"},"modified":"2024-11-26T13:35:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T13:35:39","slug":"jacqui-halewood-the-end-of-an-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/2024\/11\/27\/jacqui-halewood-the-end-of-an-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacqui Halewood: The end of an era!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday 27 November, Dorset History Centre’s Principal Archivist, Jacqui Halewood, will be celebrating her last day with the service before a very well-earned retirement. Jacqui has been with the service since 2000, and have overseen a lot of change in her time at DHC! Before she finishes, we asked her to reflect on her time here…<\/p>\n

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Well, where has 24+ years gone!\u00a0 It seems both a long time and like yesterday that I came to the then Dorset Record Office (DRO)!<\/p>\n

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Jacqui showing off documents during a visit by a group to Dorset History Centre.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have enjoyed organising amazing events.\u00a0 Especially rewarding was the first Open Day in April 2001 to celebrate 10 years of the \u2018new\u2019 Dorset Record Office building.\u00a0 Thousands of people visited the building, where we showcased the service\u2019s varied work.<\/p>\n

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Visitors in Collections Care at Dorset History Centre in 2001.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The other special event was the celebration of the Dorset Women\u2019 Institute War Record Book.\u00a0 This came joint first for England in the British Library Hidden Treasures competition in 2007.\u00a0 Achieved in association with the Dorset Federation of Women\u2019 Institutes and the Dorset Library Service, we held a 1940s themed event to celebrate the triumph, here at DHC, where the book is still housed.<\/p>\n

Many achievements have been through grant funding and partnerships.<\/p>\n