From curiosity to career: my first year in archives
Over the last year, Liv Page has been working at The National Archives as a Level 7 Archivist and Records Manager apprentice.
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Catalogue Week 2025
Archivist Jane Langford introduces our annual celebration of cataloguing projects at The National Archives.
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Cataloguing transatlantic slavery records: an archival history
Cataloguer Adrian Browne traces the custodial history of the Detached Papers, investigating the legacies of Victorian-era recordkeeping.
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Cataloguing West African records
Our volunteers have finished cataloguing Colonial Office correspondence from Cameroons and Togoland, explore these records here.
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Tracing medical records from the First World War
Explore how we are preserving medical records from the First World War and how you can access them.
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The A–Z of the Royal Navy Captains' letters project – 'D' to 'M'
Bruno Pappalardo reveals the latest findings of the volunteer Royal Navy Captains’ letters project.
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