Outside the Box

A podcast about archives and the wonders they contain. Outside the Box is part of the Archives and Records Association’s Explore Your Archive campaign.

Bethlem Museum of the Mind 02/15/2024

Perth and Kinross Archive: Sounds from the archive 02/12/2024

The Scottish Political Archive: political history of Scotland in the 20th and 21st centuries 02/02/2024

Coram: Voices Through Time, The Story of Care 01/26/2024

Kirsty Brooks: Archival Inspiration For Site-Specific Art 01/19/2024

Dream Time Creative: Forgotten Women of Wakefield 01/12/2024

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre: Archiving Cucumbers? 01/05/2024

The National Archives: Patents, Designs & Inventions 12/15/2023

Suffolk Archives and Orchestras Live: Bringing Archives to Life Part 2 12/08/2023

Suffolk Archives and Orchestras Live: Bringing Archives to Life Part 1 12/01/2023

Volunteer Special: #CrowdCymru 06/27/2023

Volunteer Special: The Mass Observation Archive (pt. 2) 06/21/2023

Volunteer Special: The Mass Observation Archive (pt. 1) 06/14/2023

Volunteer Special: The Avebury Papers 06/07/2023

Black Cultural Archives: The Melba Wilson Papers 02/20/2023

Riverside Studios: What's in the box? 02/13/2023

The National Fairground and Circus Archive: The Circus and the Fair are coming to town 02/06/2023

Blenheim Palace: Below Stairs 01/31/2023

Edge Hill University: Friendship and Social Campaigning 01/23/2023

DC Thomson: Not Just Dennis The Menace 01/16/2023

The Parliamentary Archives: Breaking Into The Corridors of Power 01/06/2023

The National Disability Art Collection and Archive: The Inspiring History of The Disability Arts Movement 12/19/2022

BT and Electrophone: Live streaming before the internet 12/12/2022

Workie Ticket Theatre: Putting yourself into the archive 12/03/2022

Outside the Box - Podcast 12/02/2022

Outside the Box - Podcast We explore a wide variety of archives and the wonders they contain and talk to the people who work in them and with them. Launch Podcast introduction A new initiative from Explore Your Archive and the Archives and Records Association. Launched on 02/12/22. Also available on Our first series has everything from female boxing matches, live theatre streaming in the 19th century, Denis the Menace and suffragette protest – although not all in the same archive! The podcast is presented by Deborah Mason and produced by Lily Colgan. Outside the Box – Series 1 Outside the Box - Series 1 Episode 1 – 2 December Seven hundred years of history restored to the Irish nation – Beyond 2022- The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland Zoe Reid, Keeper of the National Archives in Ireland, tells the story of how the Public Record Office was destroyed in 1922 and how in 2022 the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland has recreated a significant part of the lost records – some through conservation, some through obtaining digital copies of records held by other organisations around the world. Further information (rabbit hole warning – browse to your hearts content in this virtual reality reading room but it may take over your life!) Outside the Box - Series 1 Episode 2 – 5 December Putting yourself into the archive – Workie Ticket Theatre JoJo Kirtley, founder and co-artistic director of Workie Ticket Theatre tells the story of how, over the course of several lockdowns she worked with the communities of North Tyneside to ensure that their voices and their stories of the COVID-19 pandemic would be part of the future history of our times. Listen in to find out how she did it and why Workie Ticket Theatre won the Community Archives and Heritage Group overall award for 2022. Further information Outside the Box - Series 1 Episode 3 – 12 Dec Live streaming before the internet – BT and Electrophone If you thought that live streaming theatre performances came in with the internet then you are in for a surprise! Natasha Kitcher has been researching the Electrophone – the first UK based theatre (and church service) streaming device from the late 19th century. Its history is kept in the BT Group Archives and Anne Archer (Head of BT Group Archives) and Natasha tell the story of this and some other early tech. Further information open for research visits by appointment Outside the Box - Series 1 Episode 4 – 19 December The inspiring history of the Disability Arts movement – The National Disability Art Collection and Archive Project Archivist, Alex Cowan, gives us an overview of the disability arts movement and how the archive tells the stories of the inspirational people who have been involved in it over the years. Further information - by appointment Outside the Box - Series 1 Episode 5 – 9 Jan Breaking into the corridors of power – Parliamentary Archives Mari Takayanagi, Senior Archivist, highlights the stories of suffragettes and suffragists, listen in to find out why Jeremy Corbyn was tiptoeing through parliament with an electric drill and how you get a banner through a metal grill! Further information Outside the Box - Series 1 Episode 6 – 16 January Not just Dennis the Menace – D C Thomson David Powell, Archive Manager, talks iconic comics but also gives a rounder view of this long-established Dundee media company world famous for publishing the Beano and The People’s Friend, but less known for its range of local newspapers and magazines portfolio, and the teen read of a certain age of women: Jackie. David talks about how the archives serves the business and some of the exhibition projects with which he has been involved. Further information the archive is not open to the public but researchers can write in. Outside the Box - Series 1 Episode 7 – 23 Jan Friendship and social campaigning – an intriguing look into the lives of 19th Century students – Edge Hill University Dan Copley (Archivist), Jack Bennett (Archive Intern) and Grace Marks (PhD Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant) from Edge Hill University help us explore the student records and friendship books from the end of the 19th Century and beginning of the 20th Century. These wonderful records from a time when the University was an all-women non-denominational teacher training college give a fascinating insight into the lives of the students. Jack’s research takes that forward to trace what happened to them next. Further information all have been digitised (rabbit-hole warning! They are fascinating and will suck you in!) Outside the Box - Series 1 Episode 8 – 30th January Below stairs at Blenheim Palace An intriguing look at staff records at one of the grandest stately homes of England. Dr Alexa Frost, archivist at Blenheim Palace, talks us through the staff database project. A long term project unpicking the history of those who have worked at the palace and on the estate. Much of the archive at Blenheim is private but the staff database will eventually be a searchable resource for those with family links to Blenheim and its wider community – and for anyone with an interest in ‘below stairs’ social history. Further information if you have a family connection with Blenheim and want to find out more – or have old photos or documents to share Outside the box - Series 1 Episode 9 – 6th February The Circus and the Fair are coming to town – The National Fairground and Circus Archive An eye-opening look behind the scenes with Arantza Barrutia, National Fairground and Circus Archive Collections Manager, where we learn about social value of the fairground to further education of the 19th century poor, its role in promoting female boxing as a sport and the technological innovations it showcased (and played a role in developing). Further information Outside the Box - Series 1 Episode 10– 20th February What’s in the Box? – Riverside Studios Archivist Hope Fulton has just begun to explore and catalogue the over 300 boxes of archive material at Riverside Studios. In this episode we find out about the history of the Studios from TV and film with iconic programmes like Dr Who to stand out theatre performances from starts in the making. Further information Outside the Box - Series 1 Episode 11 – 27 Feb Black Cultural Archives – Melba Wilson Papers Please note that this podcast does contain some upsetting material concerning both racism and mental health. Rhoda Boateng xxx at the Black Cultural Archives helps us explore the collection of papers of Melba Wilson which spans over 40 years of her work in national and regional mental health programmes, policy units and services, including grassroots and community activism alongside formal policy work and leadership. Further information We will add previous episodes below as the series progresses Click here to edit title Edit sub-title /episode/index/show/d2ef5055-d56b-4aaa-9d41-c2b1d4e18bc0/id/25197900

COMING SOON: Outside The Box 11/28/2022

Beyond 2022 - The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland: Seven hundred years of history restored to the Irish nation 11/20/2022

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