Kimberley Harsley

Archivist in theory and in practice.
archival activism | intersectionality | old books | guinea pigs

[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

"The machine will try to grind you into dust anyway, whether or not we speak." Audre Lorde

[Terry belongs in the good place @terryx666]

Hi Friends. Libby Coyner and I presented at SAA 2012 (with our friends Verne Harris and Stephanie Kays) on tattoos as personal archives. We are currently working on a book based on the same concept and are including a chapter of archival worker stories about their tattoos. 1/3

[Philippa_Perry @Philippa_Perry]

This is behind a paywall so I’ve done you all a favour because @caitlinmoran has a brilliant idea that we all, well me anyway, need.

[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

@archiveslas @ArtistArchivist @wendyaleasha @esmsedinburgh I did some quick maths and if the job paid in line with the 27k annual salary for an archivist, minus 13 weeks then it should still be north of 20k. Obviously ignoring the fact of what said archivist is meant to do for those 13 un/derpaid weeks...

[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

@FredRAlexander @HistEnvScot @IndianaHannah @iram9282 I still use my pen holder made from defunct floppy discs!

[Waterstones Swansea @swanseastones]

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[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

@ScotlandsPeople @OnlyArchivist Surely it should be 'money for their upkeep'? Using 'its' seems somewhat dehumanising.

[Hallie Rubenhold @HallieRubenhold]

The FORMER Jack the Ripper Museum in the East End is now on sale for £685,000.
I'd love to see this building become a centre to assist homeless women. It would be the ultimate triumph.
https://t.co/d0M40nhVD9

[Waterstones Edinburgh West End @Waterstones_Edi]

🚨Competition time!

To celebrate reopening on Monday, we’re giving away our bespoke tote bag full of brilliant new books you’ll find in-store on reopening day.

All you need to do is retweet and be following us. That’s it! We’ll DM the winner next week and post to a UK address.

[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

This slide from @networkrail archives made me feel very seen (born in Bristol, live in Edinburgh).
#PreservicaUG21 #digipres

[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

#WhereYouStarted #Archive30 I didn't even really know being an archivist was a career until my third year of undergrad! Luckily on my year abroad I got an internship at Strasbourg Archives and was hooked. Thanks to Mdm Clementz @unistra for setting me on the archive path.

[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

@sainsburyarch I used to go to Plymouth loads as a child (I'm from Bristol) and seeing this store was always the signal we were there!

[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

@FredRAlexander @fionaisobelhall I still love a bit of aerial photography, don't get so much in a bank archive! And not forgetting @archi_niamh of course, the first digital projects team member!

[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

@williamabigails I think @UofGlasgowASC have been doing work on this, not sure if they persevered the original language any where though.

[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

@ChaDesvages I was watching something on the Gutenberg bible and it called it the 'good in bed' bible 😂

[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

@TGAArchive @WattInstitution @GlasgowAcademy @UofGlasgow @citizenstheatre @CreativeScots @glasgowfilm @edinburghfest @RCStweets @uofglibrary @UofGlasgowASC It's good to see that it's still of interest to folk 😊

[Will Derham @w_derham]

I think we should all take a moment to remember those archivists who, when the PRO went up in flames in 1922, quietly bundled up the charred fragments of our history in the hope that a brighter, better future might make something of them. @NARIreland
#Archives #Heritage #History

[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

@CadburyUK @CadburyUK Show me those orange twirls! #TwirlOrangePresale

[Kimberley Harsley @KimBeasley16]

@annamcnally @IndianaHannah Can you ask to download born digital stuff from Canmore?

[No Quarter Will Be Given @chaedria]

A Black woman did this. She did Basquiat justice. Michael Stewart justice. Discovered art history. Was the first Black curator to curate a show at one of the most racist museums in the country. With one hand tied behind her back. And she still killed it.