Talking to the archivists

Story and photos Catherine Field-Dodgson and Michele Leggott In October 2024, we travelled to Ōtautahi Christchurch to deliver a keynote presentation for Opening the Archives: access, engagement, innovation. The conference was organised by the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA), Archives & Records Association of NZ Te Huinga Mahara (ARANZ) and the Pacific Regional Branch of Read More…

Antarctic panels revealed

By Catherine Field-Dodgson and Michele Leggott   Last month Michele reflected on Emily Harris’s missing 1906 sub-antarctic panel and wondered what it might look like:  We can make some guesses about the size and content of Emily’s second panel of Antarctic flowers, to date unlocated. Given her predilection for symmetry we can guess the second panel Read More…