Yesterday, Sarah and I attended a Cornish Archive Network (CAN) meeting, which meets four times a year, at the Cornwall Records Office in Truro. This was a great introduction to the various teams across the County. Those who attended were from a range of organisations: community, voluntary and professional, and most of the meeting was taken up discussing the progress of each organisation, updates and opportunities. Being new to the meetings, this was a good way to hear about what everyone does. I was particularly interested in the St Ives Archive, which is largely volunteer-run and had had an exhibition on about living in St Ives in the 1930s, focusing particularly on children and whether they were happier then or now. This had been put together by an A-Level work experience student and all in the space of a week!
We reported on the progress of all the building work and movings-around at Tremough and how that might affect the Archive Service in the future, as well as the progress on our Preservation Assessment Survey, with the sampling almost finished. Sarah also mentioned how much we'd grown since she had last attended, having gained a trainee (me!) and a part-time term-time Assistant, Carole.
Many there were part of the 'Cornwall's Sporting Histories' series of events and exhibitions giong on throughout the year, which has been organised by CAN and the Cornwall Museums Group to raise awareness of the many fantastic collections of sports-related documents all over the county. There will be displays at sports centres and Cornish Mining World Heritage sites across Cornwall, and in the Heritage Pavillion at the Royal Cornwall Show.
We have some lovely colourful leaflets with more details in the Archive office, so please come and take one!
We reported on the progress of all the building work and movings-around at Tremough and how that might affect the Archive Service in the future, as well as the progress on our Preservation Assessment Survey, with the sampling almost finished. Sarah also mentioned how much we'd grown since she had last attended, having gained a trainee (me!) and a part-time term-time Assistant, Carole.
Many there were part of the 'Cornwall's Sporting Histories' series of events and exhibitions giong on throughout the year, which has been organised by CAN and the Cornwall Museums Group to raise awareness of the many fantastic collections of sports-related documents all over the county. There will be displays at sports centres and Cornish Mining World Heritage sites across Cornwall, and in the Heritage Pavillion at the Royal Cornwall Show.
We have some lovely colourful leaflets with more details in the Archive office, so please come and take one!
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