Author: Laura Yeoman, Archivist (Access and Engagement)

Snap Your Street: Working with York St John’s Photography Students

Whilst the archives service at York Explore has been closed for most of the last year with the national lockdowns, we've thankfully still been able to continue with some of our partnership projects. Earlier this year we worked with York St John's University first year Photography students on a project inspired by the historic images … Continue reading Snap Your Street: Working with York St John’s Photography Students →

Uncovering York’s Football Heritage: A Look through the Archive

Today, Francesca discusses the work we've recently been doing on our Uncovering York's Sporting Heritage project... For many of York’s residents, men and women, young and old, the thrill of being in the crowd at Bootham Crescent and cheering on York City’s ‘Minstermen’ has been one of the defining experiences of York life. From the … Continue reading Uncovering York’s Football Heritage: A Look through the Archive →

Uncovering York’s Sporting Heritage

Meet Francesca, Archives Intern on our current project, Uncovering York's Sporting Heritage project. Today she talks you through what we have been up to so far, what's still to come, and how you can get involved... For many of us, sports provide some of our fondest memories. Playing games with friends and family as a … Continue reading Uncovering York’s Sporting Heritage →

The 2015 series of Mint Yard lectures is here!

Firstly, a big thank you to everyone who attended the Mint Yard Lecture Richard III weekend at York Explore – it was great to see so many people there! Whilst that was going on, I have been putting together the new series of lectures for this autumn. My ultimate aim is to produce an annual … Continue reading The 2015 series of Mint Yard lectures is here! →

We’re #imaginingyork for Local History Month!

I realise I’ve been a bit quiet on the blog recently, so apologies for that. I’ve been continuing to work on the new archives service at York Explore, and I’m pleased to report that the intrepid band of Archives & Local History volunteers have now completed the cataloguing of all our open access book stock! … Continue reading We’re #imaginingyork for Local History Month! →

It’s time to Explore Your Archive!

This week the Explore Your Archive campaign is running across the UK and Ireland. This annual campaign was launched last year by The National Archives and the Archives and Records Association (UK and Ireland) to ‘raise awareness of archives, their value to society and the impact they have on individual lives.’ Its aim is to … Continue reading It’s time to Explore Your Archive! →

The new series of Mint Yard lectures is finally announced!

I realise I’ve been a bit quiet on the blog recently, but don’t worry – I’ve been working away behind the scenes. Over the last few weeks I’ve been spending a lot of my time pulling together the new autumn programme for the Mint Yard Lectures. The lectures offer members of the public the opportunity … Continue reading The new series of Mint Yard lectures is finally announced! →

A new opportunity: transforming the card catalogue

Today marks the start of our exciting new volunteer project to transfer the contents of our local history card index onto the library catalogue. The card index was created between the 1960s and 2008 and contains details of all the books, pamphlets and journal articles in the local history collection – and a lot more … Continue reading A new opportunity: transforming the card catalogue →

A tale of two archives services

As Richard mentioned in his blog post earlier in the week, York Explore has now closed for the last phase of the Gateway to History building works. As part of the closure, earlier this week I spent time helping the staff at York Explore move part of our temporary Archives and Local History service from … Continue reading A tale of two archives services →