Last year, the Archive received a £35k grant from Archives Revealed, a funding partnership between The National Archives, the Pilgrim Trust, and the Wolfson Foundation, to sort and catalogue the early records of St John Ambulance. In celebration of the Archives Revealed project, Archivist Sophie Denman has chosen the St John Ambulance Association as the subject of her latest blog post, exploring the national and international aid background in the years preceding its creation, the Order of St John’s early ambulance work, and their eventual creation of the Association in 1877. Read more
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The Creation of the St John Ambulance Association
What was going on at St John Ambulance 100 years ago?
Let's take a look at St John Ambulance's past and discover some of its adventures in 1924. Read more
Exploring Early St John Ambulance Equipment
[caption id="attachment_21187" align="aligncenter" width="600"] St John Ambulance Association Horse Ambulance Carriages and Ashford Litter equipment advertisements, 1880s.[/caption] If you found yourself in London around the late 19th century and... Read more
Archives Revealed Cataloguing Project-The Progress So Far
In November 2023 I started at the Museum of the Order of St John as the Project Cataloguer for the Archives Revealed project. I have been tasked with cataloguing the founding records of St John Ambulance c.1870-1939 and sharing the fascinating story of the introduction and development of organised first aid in the UK and internationally. In this post, I want to share how the work has been progressing and give you a taste of what's to come. Read more
An update on the Archives Revealed cataloguing project: meet the Project Delivery Team!
In August, we announced that the Museum’s Archive had won a £35k #ArchivesRevealed cataloguing grant from @nationalarchivesuk. The remaining team have been recruited and are now over a month into the project, so it’s time to introduce you to the Project Delivery Team! Read more