Month: November 2018

29 Nov, 2018

Celebrating Archives: The Aviva Group Archive

The Aviva archive includes records for over 750 companies, highlighting changes in business strategy and practice, as well as social and economic attitudes over a period of more than 300 years; they reflect the wide geographical spread of their business over time and the broad range of products offered by constituent companies. They hold statutory […]

22 Nov, 2018

Celebrating Archives: Lothian Health Services Archive

Lothian Health Services Archive (LHSA) holds the historically important local records of NHS hospitals, their predecessors, and other health-related material from Edinburgh and the wider Lothian region. The archive collects, preserves and catalogues these records and promotes them to increase understanding of the history of health and for the benefit of all. LHSA is one […]

15 Nov, 2018

Celebrating Archives: Network Rail

The Corporate Archive brings together drawings that relate to the Network’s engineering inheritance – a collection that represents the development of the most significant structures, engineers and innovation on the railway from the 19th century to the present day. It is also responsible for maintaining a modern archive for Network Rail. Records from the very […]

8 Nov, 2018

Celebrating Archives: The Guardian Archives

There are two sets of archives which involve the Guardian that are completely separate, with different access procedures and rules. GNM Archives The GNM Archive acquires and makes accessible the corporate records of the Guardian, as well as the papers of individuals and organisations that have made a significant impact on the history of the […]