Archiving 101 | Processing

With my return to the PLC looming it is time to consider what on earth will happen when I (again) get my hands on the UCT Collection. The records need to be ‘processed’ – they need to be given an ‘accession number’ (a unique alphanumeric ID), they need to be ‘arranged’ (grouped, organised, categorised), and …

Homecoming

A Quick Catch-up 3 months, 12 drawers, over 5000 photographic cards – this was the UCT Collection that I assessed between June and August 2019. Only a short month later I was on a plane to Manchester, to begin my PhD at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Here I …