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Recent work on the Archive web site - Archivist - 19-05-2021
I am pleased to announce that more work has been carried out on the Archive web site of late and some new and revised resources are now available.
First and foremost, a completely new addition to the site is a section dedicated to Harold Biggs. One time Secretary of the 750mc during its formative years and someone embedded in motorsport of the era. He was a compulsive note taker so, along with his photographs, we have his record of work he carried out on his Austin 7 and a diary he kept of his motoring observations in 1938 and 1939. You can find the new collection here:
http://archive.a7ca.org/collections/photographs/harold-biggs/
I am indebted to Stuart Ulph who gave a significant amount of his time and encyclopeadic knowledge of motorsport to provide the descriptions to the photos.
Secondly, a completely new section has been added to the site named 'Ephemera'. Initially, many of these resources were bundled up in the 'Brochures' section, but as we have added new materials, it has become apparent that the 2 collections needed to be split. In future, Brochures will contain Austin Brochures that carry a publication number, Ephemera will contain other paper based materials that are not so easy to classify. They will contain overseas brochures, publications by other manufacturers who provided components to Austin, letters etc etc..
As ever, the web site is a continually evolving resource.
With this release completed, I am now able to get on with the revision of the Engineering Drawings with the publication of the new, higher quality, images. This will include some new material that has be aquired over the past few months. Hopefully, I will be able to announce that very soon...
Hugh
RE: Recent work on the Archive web site - austin - 19-05-2021
Fantastic photos, and wonderful to have such good captioning as well.
RE: Recent work on the Archive web site - Chris KC - 19-05-2021
<< what Austin said - love those pictures! Well worth preserving.
RE: Recent work on the Archive web site - Nick Salmon - 19-05-2021
Wonderful stuff! Thanks to all those who gave so much time and effort to getting this done.
RE: Recent work on the Archive web site - JonE - 19-05-2021
all looks great -fabulous resource - and the diary viewer works fine.
what about people volunteering to do a single page for the transcribing? It would soon get done.... I'm happy to do first!
There a couple of consecutive photos incidences of 'basis' being used instead of 'chassis' in the photos, I think.
RE: Recent work on the Archive web site - Mike Costigan - 19-05-2021
I agree 'basis' is the wrong word, I thought it should read 'base' - but 'chassis' works fine as well!
RE: Recent work on the Archive web site - Archivist - 19-05-2021
Thanks for the positive comments. They are well received by the team involved.
As far as transcription of the Diary is concerned, a plan is in place, hopefully using some technology to speed things along. But, with 200+ pages to do, it will take time under any circumstances. Please bear with us whilst we do some trialling of the approach...
Hugh
RE: Recent work on the Archive web site - Tony Griffiths - 19-05-2021
Thank you; that's superb work by all concerned. The Archive is growing into a magnificent collection of interesting material.
RE: Recent work on the Archive web site - Ruairidh Dunford - 19-05-2021
Tremendous work, well done Hugh et al!
RE: Recent work on the Archive web site - Ian Williams - 19-05-2021
I will add my voice to the chorus of approval, fabulous work thank you to all involved.