We will be hosting our annual Catalogue Day on Friday 28 November. This free event is open to all, and showcases a number of current projects and initiatives from across the office, covering early and modern records. There will also be an update on Discovery, our comprehensive online resource.

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Agenda

• 10.00 Welcome and introduction, Jeff James, Chief Executive and Keeper, The National Archives
• 10.10 Operation War Diary - Sarah Leggett and Steve Hirschorn
• 10.35 From Seditions to Petitions - Disturbance Papers and Criminal Petitions, 1816-1838 - Briony Paxman and Chris Day
• 11.10 The Keystone of Diplomacy: Recataloguing Treaties in The National Archives - James Cronan
• 11.30 Break
• 11.50 Court records and the social history of early modern England - Andy Wood, Professor of Social History, Durham University
• 12.35 Lunch
• 13.30 Prize Papers in the High Court of Admiralty - Amanda Bevan
• 14.05 Royal Marines 350 - Janet Dempsey
• 14.25 Break
• 14.45 Discovery - a more comprehensive resource - Jonathan Cates
• 15.20 Foreign Office: Cataloguing Correspondence for 1906 - Keith Mitchell
• 15.40 Close - Caroline Ottaway-Searle, Director of Public Services and Human Resources