From 'A Penny in the Pound' to 'Free at the Point of Delivery': Cataloguing the pre- and post-1948 hospital records of Monmouthshire (360G-Wellcome-210407_Z_18_Z)

Key words: Monmouthshire hospital records; Welsh medical history; health records; Gwent Archives Gwent Archives holds an extensive and important collection of unlisted and partially catalogued (old) Monmouthshire hospital and health records. These records require cataloguing and conservation as a matter of priority to ensure long-term survival and accessibility. A view shared by a number of Wales’ leading historians who write in support of this bid, and will serve on an advisory board to oversee the development of this resource. A Research Resources Grant of £38,729 will fund a year project to: Create ISAD(g) compliant electronic catalogues Carry out cleaning and packaging of the documents. Implementation of these objectives will enable us to meet the following aims: To gain full intellectual and physical control over this important collection To professionally conserve the records To promote global accessibility to our health/ hospital catalogues To inspire interest and expertise in the medical history of Monmouthshire To promote academic research accessibility through standardisation The catalogues will be mounted on our website, the Archives Hub and incorporated into The National Archives/ Wellcome Library Hospital Records Database. A guide to our hospital and health collection and a project blog will also be produced.