Author Archives: Marissa Kings

Cataloguing Paul Jacobsthal’s Celtic Art

Posted on July 12, 2011

One of the projects that our volunteers are currently working on is cataloguing the photographs, prints, and drawings from the Jacobsthal Archive. Through generous grants from the Reva and David Logan Foundation and the Heritage Lottery Fund, we’ve been able … Continue reading →

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The Passmore Slides

Posted on July 5, 2011

I’ve recently been involved with surveying the Archive’s lantern slide and glass plate negatives collections – a job which might take a bit longer than originally anticipated (my original naïve guess was that we held a few thousand slides and … Continue reading →

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Refugee Week

Posted on June 23, 2011

This week is National Refugee Week. Sponsored by agencies such as Oxfam and Amnesty International, institutions and communities are encouraged to recognise and celebrate the positive contributions made by refugees to the United Kingdom. We think this is a brilliant … Continue reading →

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