The National Archives distributes £200,000 to tackle cataloguing backlogs
The National Archives distributes £200,000 to tackle cataloguing backlogs
07 April 2006
In a new scheme, funded by the Pilgrim Trust and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The National Archives distributed £200,000 worth of grants last month to tackle cataloguing backlogs. The scheme was piloted in Scotland, London and the North West.
It is hoped that the programme will be extended in future years so that other areas across the UK will be covered. 70 applications for a total of £1.3million were received, clearly demonstrating the level of need for projects of this type. Although many worthwhile projects could not be funded we are delighted to announce the following applicants were successful.
Ayrshire Archives (£15,000): Ayrshire burghs archives
Bishopsgate Library, London (£25,000): George Howell archive
Cumbria RO, Whitehaven (£18,880): British Steel archive
Dundee University Archives (£12,600): hospital, asylum and medical school records
East Dunbartonshire Archives (£22,379): Lion Foundry Co. Ltd.
Glasgow Caledonian University (£20,000): Scottish TUC archive
Lambeth Palace Library (£8,383): papers of Archbishop William Temple
Lancashire RO, Preston (£21,000): Kenyon family papers
Library & Museum of Freemasonry, London (£13,000): correspondence with masonic lodges in the Americas
Manchester Cathedral Archives (£11,698): 19th century estate records
St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives, London (£26,300): City and Hackney Hospitals and the Alexandra Hospital
Go to the Cataloguing Grants Scheme page on our website for further information about the scheme and the Cataloguing Grants Panel.
