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with this great infographic:
A History of British Holidaymaking in Numbers brought to you by Thomas Cook holidays
Rather nicely, they also provided the html code for the infographic to allow other people to embed the image on their website which is what I've done here. I found it via this site which notes that the facts and information came from their in-house archivist.
The Religious Archives Group Conference theme this year is “On a Wing and a Prayer”: Managing the Small Repository.
Looking at the programme there are some similarities in the issues faced by religious archive with those owners of small business archives face. The conference seeks to
address the needs of those running small repositories and, in the present economic climate, will, we feel, strike a chord with many. There will be presentations on what can be done to preserve materials on a tight budget and another on inventive ways of promoting your collections.For those working with small business archives, it might be worth enquiring if you can attend and go along on the 27th September to see what lessons can be learned from our colleagues in the religious archives group. Read more...
On Saturday 28th August Lyle & Scott are are hosting the ‘Archive Exchange’ at the Beanscene in Hawick.
This is an event to kick-start our campaign to restore the company’s archives. We are on the lookout for any vintage Lyle & Scott memorabilia you may have – garments, historical documents, photographs or cuttings from newspapers – and asking you to bring them along to be photographed for our record. To say thank you we are offering a brand new Lyle & Scott item in exchange! So please come along and share you stories over a cup of tea.
Good news for those of you in Edinburgh during the festival this month. The Pringle Archive Project 1815-2011 is appearing as an exhibition at Harvey Nichols, St Andrew Square, from August 3 to 24.
Gordon Drummond, director of Harvey Nichols Edinburgh, says:
We are delighted to be showcasing the rich history of one of Scotland's most iconic brands and to highlight the importance of the Scottish textile industry and its contribution to international fashion.For details, call 0131-524 8388 or read about it here, here and here. Read more...
After the great selection of case studies we put together for the launch in January, we'd like to do more! We are planning to produce some more of these in the Autumn and would like to know if there are any stories out there of business archives in Scotland that you think should be told or would like to find out about particular companies and sectors.
We're open to suggestions and will do our best to put together a selection as interesting and diverse as the last bunch.
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