Document from a folklore ceremony, c1993
Although we tend to think of archives as repositories of documents that were created hundreds of years ago, they are continually growing. As today’s current events become tomorrow’s history, archivists have to make difficult decisions about what contemporary items to preserve for future generations.
The Folklore Library & Archive in Devon focuses on the folkloric traditions that our ancestors handed down through the generations. Its collections also show how these traditions continued to be practised in the recent past. This month, curator Mark Norman explains how an unassuming document reveals the fascinating story of
