New Year Treats!

Well here we are, back in the office after the Christmas break, and we're busy preparing a space for a most exciting arrival.

Over at the Newton Park library, the head of Library Services, Alison Baud, has authorized the transfer of some of the archive materials stored there. These will be arriving over the next few weeks.
 We have seen some of this material, during a visit to the library store. The main section of this is in the basement of Main House, where items of 'lesser importance' are housed. Books, images or documents which are no longer in demand in the library system come here, as a staging post prior to removal or reassessment. A visit to the store really does feel like a journey to the depths as it's approached along corridors and through several doors (although it may have been anticipation, making the whole journey that exciting! There's nothing like an old store of books and ephemera to make an archivist's senses tingle...)

We have been promised a trunk full of archive materials, which we will empty, then return for another batch, so the next few weeks will give us plenty to do and lots to discover. I know that this collection features photographs from the early days of Newton Park College, circa 1946/7, a series of publicity images of the Domestic Science College, circa 1952, and some First World War food and propaganda posters and booklets. This much we've already seen. 

Keep reading this blog to find out what else we discover. Whatever it is, you can be sure that there will be interesting stories to tell...

Reviewing some of the items from the Library store