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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: A2A Update, May 2005 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:29:17 +0100 From: Midgley, Frieda <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: From: Local-History list <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] On behalf of the A2A Team, and with apologies for any inconvenience caused by cross-posting. ~~~~~ A2A Update, May 2005 Records of Harveys of Bristol and collections held at the Royal Society for Asian Affairs added to the database The latest update to A2A (Access to Archives) - the English strand of the UK archives network at http://www.a2a.org.uk - took place on Wednesday 1 June 2005. 274 catalogues were added to A2A. The database now contains 7.8 million catalogue entries, in over 92,300 catalogue files, describing archives held in 390 record offices, libraries, museums and other repositories all over England. The new additions at this update include finding aids describing the following: * Further records of the Sun Fire Office held at the Guildhall Library contributed through the HLF-funded project A Place in the Sun; * Manuscripts of the Earl of Ancaster from the 13th to the 20th centuries, held at Lincolnshire Archives contributed through the HLF-funded project Accessing the Ancaster Archive; * Church records held at Northumberland Record Office and Teesside Archives, contributed through the locally-funded North East regional project Bell, Book and Candle; * Parish and Council records held at Manchester Archives and Local Studies, Wigan Archives Service and Wirral Archives Service contributed through the HLF-funded project Community Spirit; * York Health Authority records held at the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, contributed through the centrally funded project English Public Records; * Medical case books held at the Royal College of Physicians, contributed through the HLF-funded project Flesh and Blood; * Records relating to the building of the Freemasons' Hall and Tavern held at the Library and Museum of Freemasonry, contributed through the HLF-funded project Hall and Tavern; * The papers of Priaulx Rainier held at the Royal Academy of Music Library, contributed by the HLF-funded project Musical Notes; * Unprinted sessional and command papers held at the House of Lords Record Office, contributed by the self-funded project Parliamentary Archives: Unprinted Papers; * Church of England school records held by East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Records Service, contributed through the HLF-funded project Reaching Out Across the Riding; * Documents, maps, art-work and photographic materials deposited with the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, contributed through the HLF-funded project Royal Society for Asian Affairs; * The records of Harveys of Bristol, along with a variety of archives held by Bristol Record Office, Gloucestershire Record Office, Devon Record Office, North Devon Record Office and Plymouth and West Devon Record Office, contributed through the South West HLF-funded project South West Access All Areas; * and records of Yorkshire Cooperatives Limited, Bradford , held at West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford and contributed through the HLF-funded project Yorkshire Made. Don't forget that you can restrict your A2A search to the catalogues added at this update by using the Dates of Catalogues feature on the standard Search page - why not give it a try? From 6 June, we welcome Monica Halpin to the A2A Team as Regional Liaison Co-ordinator during Sarah Stark's leave. Monica can be contacted at [log in to unmask], or on 020 8392 5328. A2A is the English strand of the UK archives network; its database at http://www.a2a.org.uk already contains the electronic equivalent of over 700,000 catalogue pages describing archives held across England in national, local and specialist repositories and dating from the 700s to the present day. The A2A programme will make a further 150,000 catalogue pages available on the web by July 2005. ~~~~~ Frieda Midgley Senior Archivist and Project Manager www.nationalarchives.gov.uk The National Archives Kew Richmond Surrey TW9 4DU Tel: 020 8392 5330 x2051 Fax: 020 8487 9211 E-mail: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** National Archives Disclaimer This e-mail message (and attachments) may contain information that is confidential to The National Archives. If you are not the intended recipient you cannot use, distribute or copy the message or attachments. In such a case, please notify the sender by return e-mail immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. 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