Back to: HOME > Archives and Manuscripts > About us > News and Publications The Annual Report of the Fellow Archivist 2005This is the twenty-fourth Annual Report under the arrangements approved by the College in 1981. The revised second edition of the College History is now available from the College. The most important event of the year was the appointment of Anna Sander as Lonsdale Curator for 4 years from October 2004, on a 50:50 Archive-Library basis. I am glad to report that she is doing an absolutely terrific, imaginative and helpful job in the Archives. She has written what follows. Acquisitions170 accessions have been logged on the new Accessions Register database since October 04). Notable acquisitions include:
Enquiries250 enquiries have been received since October 04; about 20% came from within College, 22% from external academics and the rest from private individuals. Most of these had to do with family history and a few with house/local history. DigitizationThe new A3 scanner has been used to create more than 2000 images since October 04. These are often used to respond to enquiries instead of photocopies. Many sport photo albums, matriculation photos 1949-2004, the Sladen photograph albums and the Chalet Books (1891-1996) have been digitised; much of this work was done during the Easter Vacation by Chris Wright (2nd yr Chemistry) and Michaela Bronstein (2nd yr English). OutreachAt the request of Lady Kenny, JHJ gave a guided tour and lecture to the Hertfordshire branch of the Oxford Society on Saturday 16 April 2005. We hope to continue to employ students during vacations, and increased awareness and use of the archives by all Balliol people is welcomed and encouraged. Enquiries about the archives can be directed to Anna by post or by email at archivist@balliol.ox.ac.uk. |
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