Planned Closures
The office will be closed on the following days:
- Friday 4th December 2009
- Bank/Public Holidays
Please do call/email us during planned closures and we will will endeavour to respond to all messages/enquiries upon our return to the office
SWiB Statistics
| Total WMN images catalogued | 29,183 |
| Total images catalogued (all collections) | 35,186 |
| Total WMN images scanned | 5,019 |
| Total images scanned (all collections) | 14,051 |
| User statistics - on site (Feb 2008 - August 2009) | 1,012 |
Looking ahead
The Plymouth Barbican Association is wholly committed to the continuation of their anniversary initiative SWiB. We will continue working on our growing collections with our two core objectives very much at the forefront of our minds, that being the preservation of the region's visual heritage and to continue providing for access to the collections. Additional funding will be sought which will allow us to maintain the high quality of our public service delivery and to embark upon several outreach projects.
We are currently planning for a project with local photographer Simon Gomery and FOTONOW to create a Devonport Living Archive. Simon will be appealing for the assistance of Devonport residents (past and present) to contribute images/memories towards a final exhibition, images will then be deposited at SWiB for safekeeping and continued public access or scanned and returned to the desositor as required.
We are hoping to develop our Online Galleries page to include individual collection albums containing images from our other collections. They will be launched along with our new look website, planned during August 2009.
We are also looking to set up a subscription based 'Friends of SWiB' group to help raise the public profile of the image bank. Friends of SWiB will receive complementary discounts on copy orders and feature-based newsletters highlighting our ongoing work.
New aquisitions
All collections offered to SWiB will be appraised by our Archivist in accordance with our Collection and Acquisition Policy.
SWiB will only accept material if it is of a complementary nature to existing collections, where copyright is known or does not apply, or where it is the express intention of the depositing body to transfer custody to SWiB.
Where material does not conform to these conditions, transfer to another archival institution i.e. the record office, library, museum or film and television archive will be encouraged.
Similarily, 'official' public records will not be accepted; under the terms of the Public Records Act [1958] these records should be transferred to the public record office. If unsure, please do contact the SWiB Archivist who can advise on the appropriate place of deposit for records.
| Detail | SWiB reference |
|---|---|
| Photographs, Construction of the Tamar Bridge, 1950s | AD/17 |
| Photographs, electrical lighting, 1950s | AD/18 |
| Photographs, Keith Lowes Collection, 1950s | AD/21 |
| Photographs, Construction of the Tamar Bridge, 1950s | AD/22 |
| Photographs, images of Plymouth, Dave Steer Collection, 1940s-2000s | PD/23 |
| Photographs, Devon and Dorset Regiment and Mount Street School interiors, Plymouth, 1930s | PD/26 |
| Photographs, Police traffic survey, Exeter and Plymouth, 1937 | PD/27 |
| Photographs, Plymouth, 1960s | PD/28 |
| Photographs, Paul Thompson Collection, 2000s (Living Archive) | PFT |
| Photographs, Plymouth Hoe and Devon, 1930s | PD/29 |
| Photographs, Simon Gomery Collection, 2000s (Living Archive) | SG |
| Associated records and photographs, pre-war model of Plymouth, 1960s-200s | AD/23 |
| Photographs, Stoke Damerel High School Collection (1910-1986) | AD/24 |
| Photographs, Golant near Fowey, Cornwall, 1900s (1911) | PD/31 |
| Photographs, ARP, Plymouth, Devon (1937-1943) | PD/32 |
Further Links
How can you contribute?
Western Morning News Project
Acquisition and Preservation
About our other collections
Outreach Activities
