Last updated: August 11, 2010

Bargrave

Anne Oakely (not sure if she is still there) published Gentle Traveller.

Peter mentioned a book The Spirit Sings (I can't find it) that tells the story of how Bargrave got the necklace and belt form a merchant he helped to save (among other slaves) from slavery. Given to him as a gift of gratitude.

A roman lamp at the Ashmolean that Bargrave gave to Oxford University (mentioned in Bann).

Aug 2008 met with Cressida Williams (the woman in charge: young, tall, brunette) and Amy Jones (very young), who is working on cataloguing and digital imaging. Also Malcolm, another manager on the preservation side, I think.

•	Imaging and cataloguing should be done by fall. Saw Amy's database. Limited, basic data: commentary in a memo field, not tagged for the kinds of info I want to capture and present. Using CALM cataloguing system. The standard data system for museums in the U.K. is Spectrum. Can download the handbook for this. There is no standard object thesaurus.

•	They have a document scanner (forget what it is called).

•	Cressida is keen to collaborate. They are scanning documents and photographing objects but more funding would be welcome. She is not proprietary except to protect her Getty U.K. funding (she contacted them and there are no problems with her working with me).

•	My contribution, via grad student, would be to transcribe and check these documents.

•	She wants to produce a CD of images (objects and documents).

•	Stephen Bann has a house in Canterbury.

Note: (updated April 09) Getty U.S. have no record of this "Getty" grant. It has no official connection with the main Getty Foundation. I learned this in my visit to the Getty (foundation) in March 2009.

June 18, 2009

Good meeting with Cressida and Malcolm. One new development is that a research unit at U Kent wants to do a digitization pilot (with funding European funding, partners in France) on the diary. Cressida will make contact for me. The two people who were interested in doing a scholarly edition seem not to be any longer. C and M gave me a print copy of their catalogue. Cressida will put the labels and coin catalogues in queue for digitization (as part of their contribution, in kind). I should ask her also to do the ms catalogue. A late autumn timeline is realistic. Both C and M seem very keen. C will be on maternity leave toward Christmas.

April 2009

Dear Cressida,

I now have funding to go ahead with the Virtual Ark project: not as much as I hoped, but it is enough to make a very good start. I hope to come to Canterbury in June to meet with you and to work on some of the manuscript labels and catalogue(s). I now have a clear copy—OCR'd and proofed—of the Robertson edition of the catalogue (attached). Have you made any progress on the Bargrave materials? Would you have time in June to meet? I would also like to spend a few days with this material. Are there any times in June that are better or worse than others?

Best,

Brent

They have three cabinets: one large (3'x3'); 2 small (approx 1.5'x1.5'). In good shape.

300 or so objects; 1,400 coins (including Casaubon's, see below).

Primary documents:

Cressida says there are no personal letters of Bargrave (the C Cathedral is also the local records office).