We offer a number of services to help you.
We offer a conservation advice and repair service.
Keep your old documents in good condition for future generations.
We can turn your old documents, photos, slides and videos into digital copies. We can either email them or put them on a CD or DVD.
If you are struggling to read an original document, you can request our transcription or translation (Latin) service.
From books, maps and DVDs to archive tours and beginners' workshops, the Heritage Shop has a range of products to help your research.
We offer two bookable meeting rooms at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies in Hertford.
Projector and screen: £20.
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PC hire - available only in the Local Studies Library
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1 hour |
4 hours |
All day |
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£2.50 |
£7.50 |
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£1.10 |
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Loan period of up to four weeks for all cases and boards. Borrower must collect/return
Votes for Women
About women’s suffrage movement and Hertfordshire’s women who participated, Lady Constance Lytton, Annie Kenny and others. Includes banner and title (smaller titles available on request)
WW1: Taking a Stand: Conscientious Objectors in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire’s Conscientious objectors included Herbert Morrison from Letchworth, Sir Frederick Osborn and little known Cecil Vernon Proctor
A County of Soldiers
The History of Hertfordshire’s soldiers, a project to collate material donated by John Sainsbury OBE.
Hertfordshire in the 1920s
Step back in time to the 1920s as we look at life in Hertfordshire 100 years ago. New technology and ideas changed life at home, women’s fashion, the entertainment industry, how we shopped, worked and more.
Hertfordshire Picture Palaces
Moving pictures were first demonstrated to the paying public by the Lumiere brothers in a Parisian Café in December 1895. The performance was such a success that the patented their equipment and called it Cinematographie. The first London demonstration followed in February 1896.
Letters Home First World War
Voices from the men who fought in World War One from Hertfordshire, including Arthur Martin Leake of High Cross. (figure not for loan)
Comet, The world’s first jet airliner
The British airliner that changed the world. On the 27th July 1949, the world’s first jet-propelled airliner took to the skies over Hatfield for its maiden test-flight. The Comet was years ahead of its competitors and would go on to revolutionise civil aviation.
Hertfordshire’s Fire Service
A look at the history around Hertfordshire’s Fire Service, 1650 – 1940 . The risk of fire was great as people used candles for light and open fires for cooking. Houses were built close together and were often made of wood.
Exhibitions Available:
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398th Bomb Group at Nuthampstead
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A County of Soldiers
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A Dog is for Life
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A Stitch in Time: Dating old photos through fashion
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Charles Dickens - Hertfordshire Connections
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Comet, The world’s first jet airliner
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Diamond Jubilee (Queen Victoria)
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Edward VIII, a King in Hertfordshire
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Graham Greene – Our Man in Berkhamsted
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Hertfordshire’s Fire Service
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Hertfordshire Picture Palaces
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Hidden Histories - Slavery and the Abolition
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Olympics
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Surgery and Medicine – Lister Legacy
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Victoria Cross - Hertfordshire’s VC winners
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Votes for Women
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WWI: Watercolours and War
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WW1: Military Hospitals & Nursing on the Home Front
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WW1: Recruitment and Conscription
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WW1: Taking a Stand: Conscientious Objectors in Hertfordshire’
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WW1: Zeppelins over Hertfordshire
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WWI - Letters Home First World War
Displays come with Velcro tabs on the reverse so they can be hung on felt boards.
We can provide guidance on collection care, exhibition display, history projects and offer specialist training.