THS AGM

THS Members are warmly invited to attend this year's AGM, which will be held on 19th July at 6pm in The Casterbridge Room at The King's Arms.

In addition to the formalities of the AGM itself, there will be a short presentation by Dr Ruth Barton, Dorset History Centre on `The Hardy Archives'. 

The Dorset History Centre (DHC) hosts the world’s largest archive of Thomas Hardy material. That is, written or pictorial material created by Hardy and those he interacted with – from childhood through to his final few weeks of life. It is the richest collection of primary sources for anyone seeking to study or understand Hardy and his contemporaries. The archive is inscribed by UNESCO in its Memory of the World as a collection of international significance. The archive which is now held in optimum environmental conditions at DHC, is made up of the archives of Dorset Museum and DHC…