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BRITISH RECORDS ASSOCIATION: JANETTE HARLEY PRIZE 2024
The British Records Association is pleased to announce that entry to the 2024 Janette Harley Prize is now open. The prize, awarded in memory of Janette Harley (1951-2015), is intended to generate interest in archives, and raise awareness of research and achievements in the world of archives. Applications should be received by the BRA Secretary secretary(at)britishrecordsassociation.org.uk not later than 31 July 2024. The winning entry will be announced in November. We hope to be able to hold the Harley Prizegiving on the same evening as the BRA’s annual Maurice Bond ...
Call for papers: Curtain Up! The Practice of Archiving Performance
Date: Tuesday 29 October 2024
Location: The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ
Abstracts submission deadline: 5pm on 3rd May 2024
This year the British Records Association (BRA) annual conference will be held in partnership with the Association of Performing Arts Collections (APAC), which is a network for all museums, libraries and archives holding performance arts materials in the UK and Ireland. This is an opportunity to share the work of the performing arts archive world with the wider sector and consider the transferability of particular ...
Our response to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on wills
Association responds to Ministry of Justice consultation on storage and retention of original wills.
The British Records Association has submitted a response to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation paper on the ‘Storage and retention of original will documents’. His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) currently holds the original paper versions of wills proved since 1858. The Government's proposal includes the digitisation of all such wills, and the corresponding destruction of the original paper documents, with exceptions made for wills of selected ...