| Where | Great Broughton Village Hall | Type of Event | Illustrated Talk |
| When | Monday 20th February | Tutor | Rachel Greenwood, Archive Conservator |
Rachel described her work as the conservator at the County Records office and showed pictures of a few examples from the collections and some of their more common conservation needs. One of her major projects was in partnership with the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society working on a collection of 8000 muster rolls charting all who sailed out of Whitby from 1745-1818.
She then explained some of the basic principles of conservation, minimal intervention, carrying out the least amount work necessary to make stable and accessible the information contained on an item without changing the original character or makeup and causing no long-term harm.
She described the different materials and work in the archives, and related that work to the care of our precious items. She dealt in some length dealing with the constant threat from the same ten agents of deterioration, physical forces, fire, water, criminals, pests, contaminants and neglect, describing how they can affect an archive and which items are most susceptible. We were then given advice on how best to protect items from these insults.
Rachel had brought with her a number of items for the protection of precious papers and other objects, that were available to purchase from the CRO
The interest of the members was such that Rachel barely had time to drink her coffee during the break between answering the multitude of questions.