Posts tagged with archives

Leather-bound books on a table.

Ep.8 Voices series: “It’s just hell here now”

By David Colquhoun
19 April 2024
Hear directly from the soldiers at the front in World War One through their letters and diaries.
Library Loudhailer podcast
A woman in a lab stands behind a table on which some architectural drawings are displayed.

Conservation of the John Scott collection

By Louise Newdick
29 February 2024
In the conservation lab with Paper Conservator Louise Newdick.
Collections Behind the scenes
An image of a woman on a multicoloured background.

Updating the language we use to describe our collections

By Emma Roache
27 February 2024
Reparative description at the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Collections
A woman stands among archival shelving lined with boxes of photographic prints while holding open a box and displaying a black and white print.

Te hokinga mai

By Jessica Moran
31 January 2024
The return to New Zealand of photos from the Fairfax Archive of newspaper prints.
Collections
A watercolour of a three-masted ship at sail with land in the distance.

Tracing your maternal line: Part II — The Durrant family in New Zealand

By Helen Smith
20 December 2023
Family history research — finding the women in your family tree.
Collections Long reads
A man is smiling into the camera while his colleagues work in the background on arrangement and description.

Highlights of 2023 from the Turnbull Library’s Arrangement & Description team

By William Daymond
14 December 2023
A review of 2023 from the team who make our collections easier to find and use.
Collections
A man speaks into a microphone from behind a lectern.

Caring for the C K Stead collection

By Nathan Burgess
12 December 2023
Preparing the C K Stead collection for researchers to access and use.
Collections
A woman and three children are seen outside a dwelling with rolling hills and farmland in the distance.

Tracing your maternal line: Part I — England in the 18th-19th centuries

By Helen Smith
28 November 2023
Family history research — finding the women in your family tree.
Collections Long reads
Three people pose for a photograph while smiling at the camera and wearing colourful patterned shirts.

Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa

By Suliana Vea
8 September 2023
Celebrating Samoa Language Week at the Library.
Collections Events
A group of people leaning over a table watching a woman making a box.

Off the record | Keeping it local

By Chris Szekely
6 September 2023
An interview with Vicki-Anne Heikell about working in the world of conservation.
Behind the scenes
Group photo of Māori men and women at the National Library Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa.

Iwi Archivist Symposium, Te Pūranga

By Vicki-Anne Heikell
4 August 2023
Awhi mai awhi atu, sharing how we care for culture and heritage.
Events
A logo showing the silhouette of a dinosaur in front of a rainbow and the words, "Homosaurus: an international LGBTQ+ linked data vocabulary".

What’s in a word — describing LGBTQ+ collections

By Emma Roache
11 May 2023
Using the international linked data vocabulary called Homosaurus.
Collections
Wordcloud that includes the words New Zealalnd #WebArchiveWednesday, tweet, archive and websites.

#WebArchiveWednesday — byte-sized tweets

By Susanna Joe
10 May 2023
What do NZ Dr Who fan club, a sheep shearing competition and a Taiki Waititi fansite have in common?
Collections
Notebook with a green cover has a hand-drawn image and title on it.

Adventures in the underworld: A year of reviewing manuscript restrictions

By Jared Davidson
3 May 2023
Reviewing access restrictions and highlights of material reviewed.
Collections
An author's signature is seen in black ink on the title page of their novel along with notes written in pencil in the margin.

Literary papers | Notes in the margin

By Lindsay Bilodeau
28 April 2023
Eleanor Catton's annotated edition of her award-winning novel 'The Luminaries'.
Collections
A woman stands simling behind a table on which sit a number of archival documents, folders and boxes.

The Associated Theatre Services collection

By Olive Russell
18 April 2023
Ray Channon's influence on Aotearoa’s live music industry ca. 1970 to 2000.
Collections
A man standing behind a white table on which sit a variety of collection items including books, open reel tapes and a laptop.

Highlights of 2022 from the Turnbull Library’s Arrangement & Description team

By Nicola Frean
16 February 2023
A review of 2022 from the Turnbull Library team who make our collections easier to find and use.
Collections
A man standing arms crossed between two walls of archive boxes.

Off the record | A radical life

By Jessica Moran
7 December 2022
Award-winning writer Jared Davidson talks about archiving and writing radical history.
Collections
Man sat behind a table. On top of the table is a collection of comic strips.

Off the record | Welcoming Footrot Flats

By Sam Orchard
23 November 2022
The Alexander Turnbull Library welcomes over 5,000 Footrot Flats comics.
Collections
A blurry black and white studio portrait of a young girl in Victorian times.

The Story of William Coppell 1844-1913: Part III – The runaway husband and father

By Helen Smith
9 November 2022
Piecing together a family's story through letters, newspapers and personal recollections.
Collections Long reads