With apologies for the delay to this Update and for any inconvenience caused
by cross-posting.
sjas
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A2A Update, June/July 2004
The A2A database at www.a2a.org.uk was last updated at the beginning of
June. 1861 catalogues were added - bringing A2A's total to 81,650. The
database now contains nearly 6.9 million catalogue entries describing
archives held in 351 record offices, libraries, museums and other
repositories across England.
The finding aids added at the June update included the following:
* the catalogue of the Arundel Manuscripts, consisting of archives of the
Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire estates of the Duke of Norfolk
dating from the 12th century onwards, held at Sheffield Archives and
contributed through the Broad Acres, Big Houses, Yorkshire People project;
* the catalogue of the Fred Ball collection of material relating to Robert
Tressell (1870-1911), socialist and author of 'The Ragged Trousered
Philanthropists', held at Hastings Museum;
* catalogues describing a variety of estate and business archives held in
the North West of England, including archives of Belle Vue Zoological
Gardens in Manchester (held at Chethams Library), submitted through the
Mills, Mansions and Corner Shops project;
* the catalogue of early 20th century correspondence of the British Legation
at Kabul in Afghanistan, held by the British Library;
* and catalogues of other public records held locally, including Rochester
Quarter Sessions archives held at Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre.
The next A2A update will take place in a few weeks.
New projects for the current phase of A2A are now getting started; staff are
being recruited, and work has begun on projects including Religion and
Rebellion, delivered by the History of Parliament Trust working with the
Bodleian Library, and Parliamentary Archives: Main Papers, delivered by the
House of Lords Record Office.
Lastly, A2A has now been searched 3.8 million times and there have been 8.4
million catalogue downloads as a result.
A2A is the English strand of the UK archives network; its database at
www.a2a.org.uk already contains the electronic equivalent of over 700,000
catalogue pages describing archives held across England in national, local
and specialist repositories and dating from the 700s to the present day.
The A2A programme will make a further 150,000 catalogue pages available on
the web by July 2005.
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Sarah J A Stark
Regional Liaison Co-Ordinator, A2A
The National Archives
Kew
Richmond
Surrey TW9 4DU
Tel (direct line): 020 8392 5328
Fax: 020 8487 9211
Email: [log in to unmask]
www: http://www.a2a.org.uk
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