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Mission Successful!
Thank you to everyone at the Norfolk Record Office for an enjoyable 12 week internship. My project with Antoinette looking at the differences between isinglass derived from wild-caught and aqua farmed sturgeon has gone very well. The research limitations using … Continue reading
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Tagged book binding, box, conservation, internship, isinglass, Meet the Team, sturgeon
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My Parchment Training
In October 2014, I started an Institute of Conservation (ICON) Internship at the Staffordshire Archive Service. During the Internship I will be working to preserve and conserve
On Wednesday we welcomed Early Modern History MA Students from the University of East Anglia for a visit. They were really enthusiastic to see the documents they had requested. Of particular interest was the church book dated 1642-1839 for the … Continue reading
Transforming Archives: Trainee Update
Hi everyone, it’s been roughly 2 months since we started our traineeship at the Norfolk Record Office so it’s about time we gave you an update! (Click here to read our introductory blog post) Emily: I’m currently completing the design of our
Behind the Scenes and Christmas Gifts
Have you ever wondered where all our millions of documents are stored, and in what conditions? Do you want to see first hand the innovative work and research our conservators are doing? We are once more offering
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Tagged christmas, conservation, strongrooms, tours
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Peterhouse Primary School find out about local First World War soldiers
Last week Year 6 pupils from Peterhouse Primary School visited us for a session looking at local soldiers in the First World War. We started the session with a general introduction to archives by playing the indenture game. Next the … Continue reading
Black Beauty’s Norfolk Heritage
Black Beauty, the classic novel by Norfolk author Anna Sewell, was written at the very end of Sewell’s life and published on this day in 1877. The Norfolk Record Office (NRO) has many letters from her to her brother and … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged Adrienne E. Gavin, Anna Sewell, black beauty, great yarmouth, horses, Jarrold's, letters, Old Catton, Quaker
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What’s happening at Norfolk Heritage Centre?
Good evening, It’s now nearly two months since I took up my role at NHC, having spent several years at NRO, and my former colleagues have kindly allowed me a guest post to talk a little bit about what we … Continue reading
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