Aberystwyth at War 1914-1919: Experience, Impact, Legacy, is a new community project backed by funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
It brings together the National Library of Wales, Ceredigion Archives, Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, and local community performance and heritage groups, to bring alive for new audiences the local stories and experiences of being at war 100 years ago, and to create a community legacy for future discovery and interpretation.
We are looking for volunteers to participate in the project and research the wartime history of the town and surrounding areas. We will be organising special access to some of the amazing archive collections to be found in this area, including at the National Library and the Ceredigion Archives, and training sessions to help you develop your research skills. Together we will then use wartime records, letters, newspapers, photographs, refugee art and music, war memorials and family memories, to tell these stories in performances, exhibitions, special events and on-line.
If you are interested in volunteering on the project, or would like more details of events and other opportunities to participate, please contact us at aberww1@aber.ac.uk
We look forward to hearing from you!
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