## Great Exhibition Of The North

Essex Record Office's  
Heritage Lottery funded  
project, 'You Are Hear: sound  
and a sense of place' created  
18 community listening benches across the county, using clips selected by volunteers from  
the Essex Sound and  
Video Archive.

## @Bristolarchives @Martynsibley

'We're so pleased to announce that Great Western Railway have named a train after our former City Archivist, Miss Elizabeth Ralph. 

Thank you to Bristol Soroptimists for nominating her as a  
'Great Westerner''
'Delivered my keynote speech for  
@ARAconf this morning on inclusion. It went really well to a packed audience! Giving people  
a voice and passing on  
heritage is vital.'

## A Year In Archives 2018

The City of Culture Archive is capturing Hull's experience as the 2017 UK 
City of Culture, with over 
150,000 born-digital  
files already selected  
for permanent  
preservation.

Over 4,000 
pre-NHS images were conserved, digitised and catalogued by Historic England with funding from the Wellcome Trust. The images give a fascinating insight into healthcare in Britain between 
1938 and 1943.

Im cr edi t: 
tio na their project, 'Ancestors The National  
Disability Arts Collection and Archive launched their digital archive platform.

a n et THE SUSSEX  
DECLARATION 
was declared authentic following scientific testing of the parchment manuscript, held at West Sussex Record Office. 

Multi-spectral imaging, X-ray fluorescence and DNA testing all support the theory that the manuscript was produced  

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## Programme Clips

in g su rr e e ys March of the Women,  
a project by Surrey History Centre, highlighted suffrage and anti-suffrage campaigns throughout the county and resulted in  
a six-part radio play by local students.

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As part of their 90th  
anniversary **celebrations**, Rambert Archive launched their performance database documenting nearly 500  
dance works across 550  
venues since 1926.

e as b a
90 SHAKESPEARE  
DOCUMENTS 
relating to the bard's life were inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register, a global recognition of their immense cultural and historical value. This collaborative project involved 7 repositories across the globe: the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, The National Archives, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the College of Arms, the British Library, London at d enc a m r o ra rf m pe b k/
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or g.

Nationwide's History  
and Origins campaign was inspired by the company's  
rich archives, featuring poetry  
based on the history of  
the building society  
@LdnMetArchives
'Just like this #cyclist, you'll find there is something for everyone in our newly installed outdoor exhibition '#Victorian London in Photographs' located at Aldgate Square'