2023 - November and December - page 32
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| Issue number | 395 |
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| ISSN | 2632-7171 |
| Publication date | 1st November 2023 |
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magazine Community News Berkshire Record Office becomes the Berkshire Royal Archives The Berkshire Record Office celebrated its 75th anniversary on 10 August 2023. In the past, we celebrated our 60th and 70th anniversaries with ample cake, so it seemed only fitting to do the same for our 75th! Except that this time there was a slight difference as we also celebrated the fact that our name changed as well. As part of our 75th celebrations, we applied to the Cabinet Office for a Royal title as Berkshire is England's only Royal County and we thought it would be a nice tribute to the service after 75 years. We are pleased to say that we were successful and so our new name is now the Royal Berkshire Archives. It is a prestigious thing to be allowed to bear a Royal title and we are very proud of our new name. We will continue to collect, care for, share and promote the rich archival heritage of the Royal County as a joint service of the six Berkshire councils, Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, and Wokingham. And we will strive to remember, celebrate and appreciate the things that make Berkshire special. Ivone Turnbull Senior Archivist, Royal Berkshire Archives Royal Berkshire Archives 75th Anniversary Cake © Royal Berkshire Archives #CrowdCymru volunteering project update The following is an update on the progress of our digital archives volunteering project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and run jointly by Gwent Archives , Glamorgan Archives , and Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives. Our digital platform was launched in February, and our impressive community of local, national, and international volunteers has been feverishly working through the content uploaded by the three partner institutions. They have completed two transcription collections, just under 500 letters from the Edward Thomas Literary Archive, and nine wartime diaries of Spanish Civil War and WWII volunteer nurse, Priscilla Scott-Ellis. Until more transcription content is added, they are working on tagging and describing two photographic collections. The first is the Cardiff Dockland Community collection of portraits taken in the Tiger Bay area between 1900-1920. The second Cardiff Docklands Community Collection © Glamorgan Archives 32 |