Tag Archives: cataloguing

Celebrating more collections information online

Posted on 03/05/2016 by Library of the Society of Friends

Every archive is faced with the problem of growing backlogs of material waiting to be added to their online catalogues and made accessible for users. It is a skilled and time consuming task to update old catalogue entries in paper format to digital … Continue reading →

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Opening up the manuscript collections: an update on our online cataloguing project

Posted on 23/07/2015 by Library of the Society of Friends

What do silhouettes, the  South Sea journals of Daniel Wheeler, press-cuttings on the General Strike, and a 100 year-old phial of anti-tetanus serum have in common? They’re all to be found in the Library’s main manuscript series, which currently comprises over … Continue reading →

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Friends Emergency and War Victims Relief Committee cataloguing project: relief and reconstruction during World War I and beyond

Posted on 26/01/2015 by Library of the Society of Friends

A 15 month project to catalogue the archives of the Friends Emergency and War Victims Relief Committee (FEWVRC) has now been completed, making accessible the records of an unprecedented Quaker relief effort during and after World War I. The project, … Continue reading →

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A life of Quaker service in England and Germany from World War I to II: cataloguing the papers of Dorothy Henkel (1886-1983)

Posted on 10/06/2013 by Library of the Society of Friends

We’re pleased to present a guest blog post from Hannah Ratford, who recently spent two weeks at the Library as part of her archives and records management training. As part of the M.A. course in Archives and Records Management at … Continue reading →

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World War I and its aftermath: cataloguing the papers of Hilda Clark (1881-1955)

Posted on 03/07/2012 by Library of the Society of Friends

We’re pleased to present a guest blog post from Emma Hancox, who recently spent two weeks at the Library as part of her archives and records management training. As a student on the M.A. course in Archives and Records Management … Continue reading →

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