Celebrating our collections dating from 780AD to the present day
By Alice Millard, archivist October is Black History Month (BHM) across the UK. This year, the theme is ''Honouring Our Communities'. The archive is full of documented communities from across West Sussex, from the Anglo Saxons to the present day. However, archives across the UK have historically neglected collecting documented histories of Black and Asian…
Continue reading ➞ The Black servicemen of the 9th US Air Force in Petworth, 1944
By Alice Millard, Research Assistant Please note that some of the language used in the original records includes offensive and insensitive terminology. The inclusion of these terms is not an endorsement of such language, but are there to authentically represent the original document. In August 2021, I began trawling through the transcripts of baptisms, marriages…
Continue reading ➞ The Boy in the Painting: Marcus Thomas, b.1768-d.1816