Highland Hospice goes on the record
MORE than three years’ work archiving material from Highland Hospice is now available for members of the public to view.
It represents more than 2000 catalogued items, in 12 boxes, which have been painstakingly catalogued by retired archivist Colin Waller and a team of eight volunteers.
The collection, which includes photographs and cuttings from a 36 year period, was transferred from the hospice to the Highland Archive Centre in Inverness yesterday.
Mr Waller said the archive would be available, subject to conditions laid down by the hospice, and it did not contain any medical records.
The project, which began around April 2016, resulted from concerns from one of the hospice’s founders, Cecilia Bottomley, that the documents would be lost.
Mr Waller said: “It has been catalogued to archive principles and it has been done professionally under my guidance. The group has worked very well. Their enthusiasm and commitment to the task, I can’t stress enough, without them we wouldn’t be here.”
Andrew Leaver, head of fundraising and development, said: “Depositing this information in the Highland Archive Centre ensures that our history and the commitment of our supporters is publicly available in perpetuity.”
