Current projects
![](https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/35024/4076918/Hardy+cataloguing.webp/37fd0714-28d3-17ed-7402-2288ec2ffe5a?t=1692709579614)
A project to catalogue and identify the archives of Dorset author Thomas Hardy.
Past projects
![](https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/35024/4076918/Elisabeth+Frink+Collection.webp/f099d362-eae7-8c60-235e-d2daf8ca829d?t=1692709576096)
A 2019 project to catalogue the archives of Dame Elisabeth Frink, a renowned sculptor with strong Dorset connections.
![](https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/35024/4076918/Herrison+Hospital.webp/ed154568-e971-1ebe-99c5-0642081fa11e?t=1692709576491)
A project to catalogue the patient and administrative papers of Herrison Hospital, formerly Dorset County Lunatic Asylum.
![](https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/35024/4076918/Unlocking+the+Bankes+Archive.webp/bcfbaf33-b6e7-d1c4-2d9c-23d2467c41f9?t=1692709576950)
Run between 2015 and 2018, this project catalogued and promoted the Bankes Archive collection.
![](https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/35024/4076918/The+Herbert+Collection.webp/6c0bcc6a-16ee-0a17-35cc-e2cc162612a7?t=1692709577398)
A 2017 project to save the deteriorating photographs of Weymouth photographer Graham Herbert.
![](https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/35024/4076918/Borough+of+Poole+collections.webp/c45675a2-6694-c393-03d4-1dfb273b3f3e?t=1692709577811)
A project to catalogue the records created by the Borough of Poole from 1248 onwards.
![](https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/35024/4076918/The+Cooper+Dean+collection.webp/d4afe002-fc6b-cbb6-c535-077d697e4ceb?t=1692709579229)
The Cooper Dean Estate archive charts the development of land around Bournemouth and Christchurch.