East Riding Archives Retain Accreditation Award

The East Riding Archives and Local Studies service are delighted to have fully retained their accredited status, receiving the award for the second time. The service was first awarded accredited status in 2017, and must be reassessed every six years by application and an assessment panel. Archive Service Accreditation is the UK standard for archive […]

WHAT WAS HERE IN HULLYWOOD?

The Hullywood Trail is now available by downloading the free ‘What Was Here?’ app. Re-live former film locations in Hull and walk in the footsteps of the stars!

Discovering the History of Hull and East Riding’s Postal Workers

David Bean’s Local Postal History Project aims to preserve the rich history of Hull and East Riding’s postal workers. A retired postal worker himself, Bean has extracted vital records from Royal Mail, highlighting the contributions of past employees. His research, now available digitally, enriches local understanding of this significant industrial history.

Skidby Mill Oral History Project

Local Voices From The Past (Archive ref: DDX2310 . Now available on the Digital Archive) When looking at firsthand accounts from the past, it is the voices of the rich, or those living in the urban centres, that dominate. This gives the impression there was not much to say historically about rural life; but that […]

A Journey Through Time: 70 Years of Archiving East Yorkshire

This year the East Riding Archives and Local Studies service celebrates seven decades of preserving the past!

Accessing the Archives service During the Treasure House Transformation

From Saturday 23rd September 2023 at 4pm the Treasure House, Beverley, home to the East Riding Archives Service will be closed to all visitors. The Archives research room will be closed to visitors until alterations have been completed, which could be up to a year. The collections strongrooms will be unaffected by the building works […]

Astounding Inventions – Evolution Of The Book

From Conservation In keeping with this year’s Heritage Open Days theme of Astounding Inventions, I focused the content of my section of the tours on the influence of historical innovations in the development of the book. Of course, this is a potentially vast subject, but using examples from the Archive collection I split the topic […]

OUR DIGITAL HISTORY NEED NOT BECOME A MYSTERY

USING PRESERVICA FOR DIGITAL CONTINUITY In this age of information superhighways and instant access to data on the internet, we’ve grown accustomed to expecting instant information on demand 24/7 and that it will always be there at our fingertips whenever we need it. We take for granted the idea of preservation and assume that, provided […]

EDIBLE ENGLAND

A Conservation perspective (from Kat Saunt) Heritage Open Days 2021 theme was Edible England and as part of my conservation workshop tours on Saturday the 11th of September I was able to talk about how many of the materials I use to conserve archive documents could – at a push- be described as edible. To […]

Bridging The Digital Gap

Reflections on my Traineeship by Olivia Northrop (former trainee at East Riding Archives) In October 2019, I started my traineeship with The National Archives’ (TNA) ‘Bridging The Digital Gap‘ scheme, designed to increase digital skills in the Archives sector and also develop my own abilities in this area. I was seconded for 15 months to […]