Archives Revealed has awarded three new Consortium Grants and 17 Cataloguing Grants to archives across the UK.
Cataloguing Grants
Bromley House Library – £46,335
Project –WHAT’S BEHIND THE DOOR? Unlocking 270 years of history from the Archive at Nottingham’s hidden library
Dartmouth Museum – £36,246
Project – Vernon MacAndrew Photographic Archive: Cataloguing Project
Garden Museum – £42,786.76
Project – Unboxing the Nesfield Archive
IOU Ltd – £48,035.62
Project – IOU at 50: Capturing the story of alternative arts
Islington Heritage Service – £49,512.73
Project – All Politics is Local: The Jeremy Corbyn Collection
Jacksons Lane – £45,642.88
Project – Acts of Change: Young People & the Nicky Gavron Archive
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) Special Collections & Archives – £46,887
Project – Fashioning Trans History: April Ashley’s Personal Papers
National Museums Scotland – £49,087
Project – Jean Muir Archive
Norfolk Record Office – £49,563
Project – The People’s Naturalist: Cataloguing the Ted Ellis Archive
North Craven Building Preservation Trust Ltd – £50,000
Project – Historic health: the archives of Shepherd and Walker (Chemists) of Settle
Oldham Archives – £49,968
Project – Headliners: Revealing Real Life Through the Oldham Chronicle
Salford Lads and Girls Club – £49,850
Project – Salford Lads & Girls Club Archive: Preserving 120 Years of Youth, Community and Cultural Heritage
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust – £49,638
Project – Raising the Curtain: A First Reveal of Abd’Elkader Farrah’s Theatre Design Archive
Spórtlann CIC – £45,447.50
Project – Cataloguing The GaelStair Archive
The University of Salford – £47,526.18
Project title – Land and Legacy: Enabling digital access to the Bridgewater Estates Archive
The University of York – £49,581.44
Project – People, Power, Planet: The Patrick Duncan Archive
Wheal Martyn Trust – £49,942.00
Project – Cataloguing Cornwall’s China Clay Heritage
Image credit: Bromley House spiral staircase and gallery. Image credit: David Mangan
Consortium Grants
Behind the Curtain: Exploring Theatre Archives in Wales – £150,000
Consortium: Archives and Records Council Wales (ARCW), Gwent Archives, North East Wales Archives, National Library of Wales, Glamorgan Archives, Gwynedd Archives
Milestones in Care: tracing the history of Scotland’s first AIDS hospice – £132,100
Consortium: Lothian Health Services Archive (University of Edinburgh), National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive and Waverley Care
Sgaoileadh an Sgeòil / Spreading the story – £146,112
Consortium: High Life Highland, Scottish Council on Archives, Tasglann nan Eilean, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, and Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (the National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture).
Image credit: University of Edinburgh Development Trust
Archives Revealed is a partnership funding programme between The National Archives, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Pilgrim Trust and the Wolfson Foundation.