Cataloguing projects
See our latest projects to improve and enhance the catalogue.
Royal Navy Medical Officers journals 1793 - 1880
A project to catalogue the journals of Royal Navy Medical Officers 1793 - 1880, with funding from the Wellcome Trust.
In the Shadow of the Workhouse
We are working in partnership with over 200 local historians to catalogue the poor law union correspondence from 1834 to 1900, held by The National Archives, as part of the In the Shadow of the Workhouse project.
Collaborative Research Training Scheme
Using Archival Sources to Inform Contemporary Policy Debates (2009 to 2010)
A joint project with History & Policy, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The training aims to improve doctoral students' skills in identifying and using appropriate archival sources, to enable them to use history to inform contemporary policy debates and develop good practice in policy-making and implementation.
Collection care projects
See the research we are undertaking on the conservation and preservation of documents
Digital preservation projects
See our latest collaborations in the area of digital preservation.
Information management research
Multiple narratives, multiple views: exploring the shift from papers to digital archival description (2007- 2010)
The National Archives and the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies at University College London are supporting postgraduate research to explore the methodology for archive users. Access to archives is important both for scholarly research and for a range of societal and organisational purposes. This project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
Resource enhancement projects
The National Archives has been involved with a number of innovative projects to make our historical sources more accessible:
- Calendar of Fine Rolls Henry III,1216- 1248
- Calendar or Patent Rolls Elizabeth I, 1583-1603
- Calendar of Medieval Inquisitions Post Mortem Henry VI, 1432-1442
- Records of Central Government Taxation in England, 1190-1690
Accessing archives
Archives 4 All is an Archives UK consortium programme to make archives more appealing and accessible through activities and projects.
LGBT History
Out there is a partnership project between The London Metropolitan Archives and The National Archives aimed at helping researchers identify archive resources for the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) history.
