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Norfolk: A County of Welcome

Posted on June 16, 2020 by nroeando2017

Who was Lewis Ecker? Why did he have to leave his homeland of Russia in the 19th century? And what happened to him and his family on arrival in Norfolk? In this blog post we use a number of documents … Continue reading →

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The Work of an Archivist

Posted on November 29, 2018 by nroeando2017

At the very beginning of this month, the Education and Outreach team were out and about delivering our new The Work of an Archivist workshop to the Year 5s at Mundesley Junior School. The workshop explores the work of not … Continue reading →

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Disaster on The Grand Tour

Posted on May 17, 2017 by victoriadraper24

  During the seventeenth century the grand tour became a popular pastime for aristocrats, wanting to complete their education and to see the fine examples of art and different culture in Europe. We know of their travels through the art … Continue reading →

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Top ten things about being a Transforming Archives Trainee

Posted on October 14, 2016 by elizabethjayne2015

This week I was fortunate to attend the DCDC Conference 2016 ‘Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities: Collections, Connections, Collaboration-from potential to impact’. This is a collaborative conference between The National Archives and Research Libraries UK and shares how archives and the … Continue reading →

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