This week we are joined in conversation by David Luck, Archivist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

 Alongside his many other hats, David looks after the historic records held at Bethlem Museum of the Mind, including those from the Bethlem Royal Hospital, the Maudsley Hospital, and Warlingham Park Hospital.

Bethlem Museum of the Mind records the lives and experience and celebrates the achievements of people with mental health problems and it seeks to explore and discuss issues around mental health, both in the past and the present day, using its collection of art, objects, and archives.

CW: Please note this episode contains upsetting material concerning racism and mental health.

Visit the museum website here: https://museumofthemind.org.uk/

More information about their archives can be found here: https://museumofthemind.org.uk/collections/archives

This week we are joined by Hannah Mackay from the Perth and Kinross Archive. Hannah works with their sound collection, which since the 1970s has been collecting the voices of regional residents relating to all aspects of the history of Perth & Kinross.

In this episode about oral history, Hannah shares with us her work on the sound collection, some early oral history techniques and technologies, questions of ethics and consent, some tips for getting started with recording, as well as a favourite recording from the archive.  

Perth and Kinross Archive: https://www.culturepk.org.uk/archivelfh/

Perth and Kinross Archive collection guides:  https://www.culturepk.org.uk/archivelfh/perthandkinrossarchive/collection-guides/

Culture Perth and Kinross: https://www.culturepk.org.uk/

Oral History Society: https://www.ohs.org.uk/

This week we hear from four brilliant guests to learn more about the Scottish Political Archives (SPA) housed at the University of Stirling. 

Joining us are Rosie Al-Mulla, Archivist at the University of Stirling, Grant Thoms, Lecturer and Editor of the Scots Independent Newspaper, Bria Bednarick, volunteer on the Scots Independent Archive project, and Francis Bell, a student at the University of Stirling.

You can read more about the SPA here: https://collections.stir.ac.uk/archive-collections/archive-collections-a-z/scottish-political-archive/

To contact SPA about your research, visiting the archive or donating material, email scottishpoliticalarchive@stir.ac.uk

If you would like to volunteer with the SPA, search for available projects here: https://collections.stir.ac.uk/volunteer-with-us/

See more about SPA's current projects here: https://collections.stir.ac.uk/current-projects/

Read more about the Scots Independent here: https://scotsindependent.scot/?page_id=97

Found out about the latest updates from the Scots Independent Archive project here: https://collections.stir.ac.uk/scots-independent-archive/