We always welcome contributions to the archive. Items of interest to the commuity can be either contemporary or from years gone by. You can either:
- donate the original item to the archive and we will digitise a copy and add it to the archive store,
- loan the original item to us, we will make a digital copy and return the original to you,
- send us a digital copy of the item and retain the original item yourself.
We will ask you to agree and sign a consent form that gives us permission to include the item in the online archive. The issue of copyright is a little less straighforward and we will discuss this with you. Usually, if you are the originator of the item, you will retain copyright.
All items in this online archive are included under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence. This means that others are free to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material. Other users of the material must however give appropriate credit and must publish under the same licence with no additional restrictions. Items may not be used for commercial purposes. Further information on this licence is available here.
Contributions may be any of the following:
| Item Format | Notes |
|---|---|
| Photos | These can be of any size and width-height ratio and can be prints or slides. We will digitise and adjust the format if necessary for online display. We cannot currently accept negative images. |
| Documents | These can be single paper pages of text and pictures or multi-page pamphlets or books. We will do our upmost to preserve the current state of the document when digitising. If already in digital form, we are able to accept any format that can be converted to Portable Document Format (PDF). |
| Audio Recordings | These can be reel-to-reel or cassette tape recordings or digital. We can also undertake digital recordings of personal recollections. |
| Moving Image Recordings | These can be film or video tape recordings as well as digital files. |
| Text Only | These have no original material and can be emails or any digital format that can be converted to Portable Document Format (PDF). |
Note that digitising some contributed items may require specialist third party resources which are subject to a charge. We will only be able to digitise such items as and when appropriate funds are available.
You can either contact the Project Team via Contact Us and we will arrage to collect your contribution or if it is already in digital format you can send us your contribution using the form below. Select the link to display the form.
