Current projects
Past Lives, Future Proofed
Project supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to improve archive storage, protect collections and expand public access to Dorset’s history.
Sounds of the South West
Bristol Archives and Archives South West are digitising at-risk audio collections, including interviews and music.
The creation of Wessex Water
Working on the archives of Wessex Water and it's predecessor organisations.
The William Barnes Archive Project
Cataloguing the William Barnes archive of works.
Past projects
A 2019 project to catalogue the archives of Dame Elisabeth Frink, a renowned sculptor with strong Dorset connections.
A project to catalogue the patient and administrative papers of Herrison Hospital, formerly Dorset County Lunatic Asylum.
Run between 2015 and 2018, this project catalogued and promoted the Bankes Archive collection.
A 2017 project to save the deteriorating photographs of Weymouth photographer Graham Herbert.
Borough of Poole Council collections
A project to catalogue the records created by the Borough of Poole from 1248 onwards.
The Cooper Dean collection
The Cooper Dean Estate archive charts the development of land around Bournemouth and Christchurch.
Bournemouth Transport Ltd / Yellow Buses Archive
We have been able to catalogue the archive collection of Bournemouth Transport Ltd (also known as Yellow Buses).
Thomas Hardy archive collection
A project to catalogue and identify the archives of Dorset author Thomas Hardy.