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East Sussex Record Office Report of the County Archivist April 2007 to March 2008 2008/09 209 East Sussex Record Office Report of the County Archivist April 2007 to March 2008 2008/09_209 Front cover: Programme for the Battle Pageant, 1932 (ACC 9872) Back cover: Menu-card for a reception at Brighton Pavilion in honour of Ulysses S Grant, recently-retired president of the United States (AMS 6789/2/1) Title deeds (see also Solicitors, and Estate and Family): Introduction • Brighton, messuage in Cliff, land tax redemption certificate issued to Elizabeth Sharp, 1799 (9717) Work on accomplishing The Keep, our new partnership building, has dominated the • Brighton, land in Elder Street and 3 Montpelier Road, [1847]-1869 (9701) year but should not distract attention from the other fine achievements in all areas of the • Brighton, 22 Hastings Road, 1865-1961 (9886) service, as the rest of this report will show. • Brighton, 27 Islingword Road, formerly The Waggoner’s Rest public house, [1822]-1962 (9916) Work on The Keep continued apace. Huge strides have been made and yet there • Brighton, 40 King Street and 1, 2 and 3 Gerrard's Court, 1836-1873 (9708) is still a long way to go. Brighton & Hove City Council became official partners in the • Brighton, 33 Lancaster Road (photocopies), 1895-1961 (9676) project and as such have member and officer representation on both the Project • Brighton, 1 Tivoli Place [1890]-1970 (9924) Board and Project Team. The University of Sussex also became a major partner and • Brighton, property in Upper Lewes Road, [1826]-1921 (9747) joined the Board and Team in January. Two organisations also expressed an interest in • Hove, 140 Nevill Road, 1884-1972 (9786) renting space in The Keep: the Sussex Family History Group and All Ways Learning, a • Hove, garages, Norton Close (at the rear of 13, 19, 21, 23, 25 and cultural training organisation. The involvement of this number of partners makes it an 27 Norton Road), 1877-1985 (9804) exceptionally exciting, if complicated, project, with the potential for creating a regional • Preston, abstract of title of Charles Blaker to part of the Harrington Estate, centre of excellence and a one-stop-shop for historical resources in the area. [1906]-1924 (9901) Site selection was a priority and a variety of locations was identified and assessed using Other records: the criteria laid down by BS5454, the British Standard for Archive Buildings, and other • Brighton, Hove and Preston, postcards and photographs, c1880-c1980 (9752) considerations including partnership potential, public accessibility and the needs of the • Letter from J Shelley, Horsham to Thomas Virgo, boatman, Brighton; 1806 (9850) county and its residents. As a result a site near Falmer, Woollards Field, was identified • Papers including school magazine, Margaret Hardy Secondary School, and all subsequent work has been based on that selection. Brighton, 20th century (9771) • Portraits of Brighton clergymen and views of Brighton Dispensary, Project Managers Faithful & Gould and Quantity Surveyors RLF were appointed in North Street Chapel, Sussex County Hospital and the Dyke Road burial ground, July. Following that, detailed work was done with partners to identify which resources c1840-c1865 (9763) would be transferred to the new building and the indicative capital costs of doing so, in order to draw up a brief for the design work which could be used for the recruitment of contractors and architects. The selection event was held in February and Kier Longley/ Atkins were appointed. Atkins have considerable experience of building record offices, with those at Surrey, Essex, Berkshire and Hampshire already in their portfolio. The timetable for the project has been reassessed in the light of the most recent guidance received from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The needs of the Olympics have reduced the amount of money that will be available in future funding rounds. HLF has therefore reviewed its procedures, which has affected the bidding timetable. The June 2008 application round, which we were originally planning to meet, was abolished, and it was not practical to meet the previous deadline. The Project Board therefore agreed that a Stage 1 application should be made at the end of August 2008 under the new procedures and adjudicated in December. If we are successful, a Stage 2 application for just under £5m will be submitted in 2009 to determine the outcome of our bid. The Keep would be due to open in 2012. As more work was carried out to identify costings, including allowance for inflation between now and 2012, decisions were made about partnership contributions. The County Council increased its capital commitment to £11.5 million and as the new financial year began, Brighton & Hove City Council agreed to put £5 million into the project, subject to a successful HLF bid. Glynde Cricket Club tea, c1906 (AMS 6664/6/4) 36 1 They also agreed to contribute to a third of the £1 million developments costs. This Solicitors: generous support from both authorities provides a solid base on which to apply for • Messrs Attree and Sons, solicitors, Ship Street, Brighton, letters, 1788-1861 (9896) additional funding to complete the project. • Boxall family of Brighton: ledgers of Edwin Boxall (1826-1907), solicitor; scrapbooks of William Percival Gratwicke Boxall (1849-1931), barrister; Work on the fund-raising feasibility study and strategy began, with financial help from 1849-1894 (9745) Museums Libraries and Archives South East (MLA SE); it will be most effective once • Tennant and Knight, Brighton, deeds and papers, 19th - 20th century (9672) the architect’s brief has been finalised. An INTERREG (EU) partnership project with the archives at Seine-Maritime is also currently being investigated and it is hoped that this Business records: will release European funding for activities at the Centre. Staff visited the archives at • Brighton theatre programmes, 1950s (9699) Rouen and their French counterparts are making the return visit at the end of April to • Catsfield House Convalescent Home, 55 The Drive, Hove, records; deeds of finalise discussions. All of this will help to strengthen the HLF bid. properties in Brighton; 1875-1998 (9732) • Evening Argus glass plate negatives and finding aids; c1925-c1955 (9865) The Keep will exclude Records Management storage, as this would have made the • Graves, Goddard, and Horton-Stephens, chartered accountants, Brighton, building unaffordable. While work is concentrating primarily on achieving The Keep, the records, 1946-1974 (9878) option of a developer-funded Collections Centre adjacent to The Keep, which would • Theatre Royal, Brighton, photographs of Kent Opera productions, provide less specialised and therefore cheaper storage for records management and 1981-1984 (9762) museum and archaeological collections, is also being investigated. The Keep would enable public access to the items stored within the Collections Centre, fulfilling the Estate and Family: project’s wider vision. • Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley, painter, appointment of new trustees of his estate, 1908 (9798) The Audience Development (ADP) and Access Plan for The Keep, which was funded • Earp, St John (Jim), artist, papers concerning the Earp family of Brighton, by the HLF, was completed in May. The Access Plan will inform the design of the new [1909] - 1988 (9788) building and services and has identified partners who can help us to achieve a truly • Hyde, Dennis, transparences of churches and landscapes, c1900-c2000 (9866) accessible service. The Audience Development Plan identified target audiences for the • Nye, Gordon Frederick, of Brighton, invoices for domestic furnishings and service in addition to those that it already reaches, including children and young people, services; 1920-1925 (9841) families, particularly the socially excluded, minority communities, deaf and disabled • Sawyer, John William, of Brighton, diary, 1848-1849 (9800) people and students and adult learners. The plan is an essential component of the HLF • Smith, Eva Marion (1879-1971), illustrated account of service in France with the application as well as an important strategic document for the future of the service as a Missionary Nurses League, 1914-1918 (9900) whole. • Tuckwell, Sidney Victor (1911-2008), patient at Chailey Heritage 1924-1927, illustrated biography, 1911-2008 Charities: • Widows' Society subscription book, 1907-1927; annual reports, appeals and correspondence relating to various Brighton and Sussex charities, c1885-c1930 (9688) Clubs, societies and associations: • Brighton and District Organists' Association, records, c1950-2006 (9778) • Clifton, Montpelier and Powis Community Alliance (CMPCA), Brighton, newsletters, 2005-2008 (9873) • Masonic: Concordia Lodge No 4793, Brighton, 1926-2007 (9904) • Rotary Club function cards, 1953-1960 (9733) • Round Hill Reporter community newsletter, Brighton, 2008 (9917) • West Pier Trust additional papers, 1980s-2005 (9671) Detail from a design by John Skelton for a grant of the freedom of Lewes, 1950 Maps and plans: (ACC 9812) • Hove, plans of the Electric Theatre, George Street, 1910 (9874) 2 35 Appendix 3 Brighton & Hove Accessions We began implementation of the ADP straight away with a number of projects aimed at school-age children. These are covered in more detail in the Outreach and Learning A list of the principal Brighton & Hove accessions received between April 2007 and section below but are mentioned here because they formed the basis of an entry for March 2008. Reference may be made to the documents by the accession number the Municipal Journal Awards 2008, for
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