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CILIP Pathways to develop assessment process for archivist apprenticeship
The National Archives is delighted to announce that CILIP Pathways has been commissioned to develop the end-point assessor organisation process for the...
Prize Papers research portal launched
Court records revealing the details of 1,500 ships captured during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars are now searchable online for the first...
Allocating a manuscript accepted in lieu of tax
The following manuscript has been accepted in lieu of tax by the Government:
Treaty of Dover, a register of the rights, obligations and arrangements...
DCDC22 Conference: Call for papers
The call for papers is now open for the next DCDC Conference, which will be held virtually from 11 to 15 July 2022. The deadline to submit a proposal...
Kate Williams, Amber Butchart, and Mel Backe-Hansen join our 20sPeople season of online talks
We can today announce more details of the online events programme as part of our 20sPeople season marking this month's publication of the 1921 Census.
Historians...
1921 Census for England and Wales published today
Today we have published the 1921 Census for England and Wales online with our partners Findmypast.
Taken on 19 June 1921, the census is a survey of...
Cabinet Office files from 1997-2000
Today we have released Cabinet Office files (CAB and PREM series) covering the period 1997-2000.
Prime Minister’s files from 1998 – 2000 released
Today we release files from the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office covering the first years of Tony Blair’s premiership. The newly released...
Digital art installation now on site
The National Archives’ first ever artist-in-residence, Michael Takeo Magruder, has this week unveiled [re]Encoding the Archive – an exhibition...
Regional hubs to offer free online access to 1921 Census of England and Wales
Today we can announce two regional hubs that will provide free online access to the 1921 Census of England and Wales from 6 January 2022.
The census...
Newly accredited archive service announced
Following a recent Archive Service Accreditation Panel, the UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee is pleased to announce that Medway Archives Centre...
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Files Released
Today we have released FCO files relating to a British Airways flight (BA149) which landed in Kuwait City in the early hours of 2 August 1990, as the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait began.
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