News Archive: November 2020

Fundraising Appeal to Ensure Public Ownership of Important Thomas Hardy Archives

24^th Nov 2020 Dorset Archives Trust (DAT) has started a campaign to raise the final £5,000 needed to purchase a collection of important manuscript and printed material once owned by Dorset’s literary giant Thomas Hardy. The archives, for sale via a London dealer have been in private hands for decades. If successful, the purchase will mean that the collection will be returned to the county and held for public ... click for more

Volunteer Profile 3

13^th Nov 2020 Name: Carola Lives: North Dorset Why do you volunteer with DAT/DHC? I have always had a passion for history and archaeology. My university degrees and first love was for Near Eastern archaeology. As fate would have it I settled in Dorset, only to discover my own family tree dated back to Bagber in 1587. Dorset is definitely in my DNA – who cannot love this fascinating and beautiful county? ... click for more