21 May 2012
April Accessions part 2
Continuing from our previous accession entry, we have also recently received material from the following projects:
EAP333 Collection and preserving parish records in an Andean diocese
The EAP333 project is currently digitising parish records from 19 localities within the Diocese of Huacho, Peru. The records - including baptism, marriage and burial registers, pastoral visitation papers and confraternity records - date from the late 16th to mid 20th century, and provide a wealth of information about the local population and the activities of the Church. The project will also hold workshops for local university students, providing training in archival organisation and document handling.
EAP450 Manuscripts of the Sri Lankan Malays
This pilot project will survey manuscripts and printed material held by Malay communities in Sri Lanka, in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of these materials, and the associated preservation challenges. The project will make use of networks built up during previous research trips in the area, and aims to create a survey and preliminary listing of material as well as digitising representative samples.
EAP506 submitted its final material last month. This pilot project provided training in digitisation techniques to 24 junior documentation assistants from universities and archives throughout Cameroon; eleven of the assistants then participated in the EAP506 sample digitisation. Three of the assistants also received further training in archival surveying methodologies.
A supraregional survey of public and private archives (and one museum) was carried out, and a sample of 74 colonial-era files were digitised. The survey and training lay the groundwork for further documentation and digitisation activity in Cameroon.
Alex