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October 2024 in the archives

15 November 2024

Public open hours: The Archives were open for enquiries and on-site research appointments 17.5 hours/week as usual, with drop-in hours on Tuesday mornings.

Enquiries: 12, of which 1 in person.

Running total for 2024: 178.

On-site volunteer hours logged: 38 (5 volunteers)

Volunteer projects (ongoing):

  • municipal demolished-property files indexing
  • historic building permits indexing
  • assisting with enquiries research
  • file listing in a large collection of personal papers, preparatory to cataloguing
  • transcribing oral history recordings, checking existing transcripts

Views on Flickr in October: (about 5K, total 312,683 by 15 November, since 3 Mar 2022).

Archivist's work:

  • ongoing additions to Oak Bay property reference files
  • WW2 online memorial project stages 1 & 2 - identifying discrepancies and errors in memorials and records, listing correct and complete names with life dates and links to online record sources re military service and memorials.
  • internal and external enquiries research and responses, facilitating researcher visits, volunteer management & monthly bulletin - #56

- Post by Anna Sander, 15 November 2024.

To cite: Sander, Anna. (2024, October). 'October 2024 in the Archives.' [Blog post]. District of Oak Bay, Archives. Retrieved from https://connect.oakbay.ca/archives/news_feed/october-2024-in-the-archives [date accessed].


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