🎉Congratulations🎉 to #ArchivesWM member service Herefordshire Archives on gaining accredited status! #archives

UK Archive Sector Leadership@uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 13h ago

Congratulations to Herefordshire Archives, London Metropolitan University Special Collections & National Waterways Archives for achieving Archive Service Accreditation for the first time! Read more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/three-a... 📷 National Waterways Archives (1/2)

Have you read our guidance for business archives? Featuring case studies and advice on topics from long-term management to mitigating risk, this resource is ideal for businesses wondering how to preserve and make best use of their archives: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

This is the final round of seed corn grants but applications for skills bursaries remain open all year. Look out also for project grant applications which will open again on 1 September 2026: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hub/ (3/3)

Community Hub - Portals

The Spaces, Places and Belonging: Community Hub is a UK-wide programme supporting inclusive, community-led research across the United Kingdom’s galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM) and h...

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The Spaces, Places and Belonging Community Hub has awarded its final set of seed corn grants, supporting community groups and heritage organisations to launch new projects that bridge community engagement with heritage: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/3) 📷Mike Goddard

Curious about #AI but unsure where to start? This online introductory session will offer a practical and accessible introduction to AI, helping you develop confidence in understanding the technology and its relevance to the archival sector: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-ar... 📅19 August, 12:30pm

‍In our lates diversity allies blog, Philip Milnes-Smith struggles to hear the silenced voices of lower class, disabled inmates in an early Victorian workhouse. www.archives.org.uk/diversity-allies-blog/accessibility-and-archives-now-you-are-of-a-mind-to-kill-me

Accessibility and Archives: “Now you are [of] a mind to kill me” — Archives & Records Association

‍ In this blog, Philip Milnes-Smith struggles to hear the silenced voices of lower class, disabled inmates in an early Victorian workhouse. Reflecting on a couple of recently published books, and the ...

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From Strongroom to Your Screen: Digitising the Fortnightly Returns How do our digitised collections get online? What *are* the operative stonemasons' Fortnightly Returns? Digitisation Assistant Jamie Orton talks us through his latest project in our new blog at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

Banners bright Mining history on display in our current exhibition, featuring archives on coalfield communities, health, welfare and mining trade unionism

'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: call for participation now open for our annual gathering of historians and archivists, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27's theme is connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy, value and applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

'History and Archives in Practice' (HAP), 2027. Call for participation now open - RHS

History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...

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Can you help support communication and career development for new #archives and #recordsmanagement professionals across the UK and Ireland? Expressions of interest for Careers Officer & Comms Officer for ARA New Professionals committee are welcome to newprofessionals@archives.org.uk!

Engagement grant applications are open! Engagement grants provide up to £3000 in funding for organisations to run outreach projects that connect archives with their communities in places across England and Wales. Apply by Friday 14 August: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Applications for A Year in Archives 2026 close in just 1 month! Read about the exciting changes we’re making this year and submit a project by 21 August: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/t/1P8AIO/ Don’t miss an opportunity to spotlight your work to the sector and the wider public! 📷 Historic England Archive

Have you read our guidance on managing split-site archive services? Filled with case studies, tips & a breakdown of logistical considerations, this is essential reading for services managing substantial archival storage away from their main service site: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Welcome to #OnePlaceWednesday! As always, please use the hashtag to share anything and everything relating to #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. News and views, questions and suggestions, pics and links, and general OPS chat – all are welcome, at any time today.

🚨WHN Annual Conference: Registration is now open! Join us for a very special conference year celebrating the centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 years of women's history. Thu 3 Sep - Fri 4 Sep 2026. For more details and to book: www.tickettailor.com/events/women... @lselibrary.bsky.social

Select tickets – The WHN 34th Annual Conference: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 Years of Women's History – multiple locations

The WHN 34th Annual Conference: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 Years of Women's History – multiple locations, Thu 3 Sep 2026 - Fri 4 Sep 2026 - The WHN 34th Annual Conference...

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This should be an excellent event tomorrow on the history of fingerprinting. Do come along and join us online! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leaving-a-...

Leaving a mark: 125 Years of fingerprinting at the Met

Discover the evolution of fingerprinting over the last 125 years.

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This year, we’re working with The @araukie.bsky.social National Surveys Group to deliver The Survey of Onsite Visitors to Archives! This invites people to share feedback on their experiences at archives including reasons for visiting, travel, staff, facilities and any barriers faced... (1/2)

Tomorrow: A City War-Walk "Wolverhampton's Great War Railwaymen". Led by Quintin Watt. Meet at The Queen's Building, Victoria Sq, Wolverhampton, WV1 1LD at 2pm. Walk to last between 1.5 to 2 hours.

On #BastilleDay, we're highlighting just some of the French Resistance sources included in the MRC's archives 131 bulletins and leaflets produced by WW2 French anti-fascist groups are digitised and freely available at mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/search/all:r...

Seeking experienced record keepers to join the pool of Peer Reviewers for Archive Service Accreditation in England! New Peer Reviewer training starts in November so now is the time to make an expression of interest: www.archives.org.uk/peer-reviewers

Glamorous train travel in the Golden Age of Steam? This 1901 cartoon from 'The Railway Herald' shows some of the more ‘interesting’ habits of fellow passengers 125 years ago… Editions of the Railway Clerks' Association newspaper, 1896-1901, are free online at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

Join The National Archives, @ihr.bsky.social & @royalhistsoc.org for a drag performance-inspired online session with grassroots community archive, Margate Queer Library & Archive: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/detective-... 📆Tuesday 14 July (1pm)

The Chamberlain Collection is held at the Cadbury Research Library Special Collections @unibirmingham.bsky.social An #ArchivesWM member service. Not just political papers it also includes family papers with photo albums of the gardens and glasshouses at Highbury, Birmingham

Archive and manuscript collections

Details of our collections and how to search them.

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History of Parliament@histparl.bsky.social · 4w ago

Joseph Chamberlain, MP for Birmingham (later Birmingham West) from 1876 to 1914, was born on this day in 1836. Originally a Liberal, he later formed the Liberal Unionist Party in opposition to Irish Home Rule. He was a keen gardener, noted for his love of orchids.

Impact seminar from @uknatarcsector.bsky.social 🗓️ Tues 25 Aug 🕰️ 2:00pm presenting @ilariascaglia.bsky.social head of #ArchivesWM member service @astonunarchives.bsky.social

UK Archive Sector Leadership@uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 4w ago

Join our impact seminar (25 August, 2pm) to explore how partnership working can improve capacity and unlock new opportunities: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/impact-sem... Presenting: @ilariascaglia.bsky.social (Aston University Archives), Alan Hughes (Archives & Special Collections at Cardiff University)!

Football - how to succeed! #WorldCup2026 This booklet was written by Rev K R G Hunt, Housemaster of Highgate School in the 1930s. Part of the National Union of Teachers archive. mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/NUT/...

Coal conference catch-up ⛏️ On 18 June we welcomed 80+ people to 'Blood is the price of coal' - a conference on coal communities, health and welfare Recordings of 10 talks, conference photos and more are now available online at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... #histmed #MiningHistory #envhist

We welcome the Government apology for historical adoption practices. Many of those affected have called for better access to records. ARA is working with CoramBAAF to develop a new platform to detail the location of adoption/care records & signpost to support. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4hdjp2cf

The Archives and Records Association welcomes the Government apology for historical adoption practices — Archives & Records Association

‍The Government has today announced an apology for historical forced adoption practices in England. ARA welcomes today's announcement. This is a long overdue apology which recognises the role of the s...

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🚨 Places are filling fast for our Sustainability Action Planning workshop on 9 July (10am – 12pm): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainabi... This practical and engaging workshop, led by Lorraine Finch, will empower you to create an effective plan for your own archive!

A call for papers Staffordshire Histories Celebration: 150 years of Staffordshire Record Society. Please share! And do get in touch if you are interested in contributing. @midlandhistory.bsky.social @staffsarch.bsky.social @archiveswm.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social

The Spaces, Places and Belonging Community Hub have opened bookings for more training events on a range of topics from evaluation and social media to collections care and accessibility. Explore the full programme and register for events here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu...