Brighton, Hove and Sussex in the First World War: Using The Keep to discover local history

Gateways Event

Friday 08 July 2016, 10:00 - 15:30

Organised by Gateways to the First World War

‘Brighton Clock Tower destroyed by Zeppelin’, Pavilion Collection, The Keep

A free workshop exploring the First World War records held at The Keep, Brighton, on Friday 8th July 2016.

Are you working on a First World War community heritage project in Brighton, Hove and Sussex for the centenary? Or are you hoping to develop such a project and would benefit from some research guidance and advice around funding? Would you like to learn more about FWW resources held at The Keep and Brighton Museum such as The Pavilion Blues (a magazine produced at the hospital for limbless soldiers 1916-1919) or Rudyard Kipling's FWW letters (from his son John serving in France). Perhaps you would like to work with newspapers or tribunals from the FWW and could do with some training around how to make the most of them. If this is the case, then make sure to book a place on this forthcoming workshop at The Keep archive and historical resources centre.

Programme:
09:45 Welcome teas and coffees
10:15 Dr Lucy Noakes and Dr Sam Carroll (Gateways to the FWW) What support Gateways can offer FWW community projects
10:30 Sarah Wicks (Development Manager, Heritage Lottery Fund) How to finance your FWW project
10:45 Dr Chris Kempshall (East Sussex County Council’s First World War Centenary Project) Sussex in the FWW: An overview
11:00 Dr Chris Kempshall. Using resources: Newspapers and Tribunals
11:20 Fiona Courage (Special Collections Manager at The Keep) Using resources: The Kipling FWW letters
11:40 Jo Palache (Brighton and Hove Museums) Using resources: Pavilion Blues
12:00 Lunch (provided by Gateways)
13:00 Working with resources (Newspapers and tribunals)
14:00 Working with resources (Pavilion Blues and Kipling Letters)
15:00 Feedback and evaluation session
15:30 End

Please see websites below for directions to The Keep and more information about the Heritage Lottery Fund First World War: Then and Now scheme.

http://www.thekeep.info

https://www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/our-grant-programmes/first-world-war-then-and-now