Our 2020 #Archive30 archive of tweets!

1st May 2020

We’ve enjoyed taking part in the #Archive30 challenge and you can see all of our tweets at @lanchester_ia but here they are too:

Day 1 of #Archive30 and the first topic is “Your archive”. Less than 3 years ago we were still transforming our space in Coventry University’s Lanchester Library to showcase @CovUniArchives largest collection – find out more at https://t.co/DK7ocuNW5U #yourarchive pic.twitter.com/1CvkP0uwnA

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 1, 2020

Day 2 of #Archive30 and the theme is “Favourite Item” We love this scratch-built model of the 1895 Lanchester car, that George Lanchester made from memory in his 80s. The original was destroyed in the Coventry Blitz in 1940 – Find out more: https://t.co/Ew0mtSJfME #favouriteitem pic.twitter.com/9RJT9bVn4b

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 2, 2020

Day 3 of #Archive30 and the theme is “Archive Path”. Time to get a bit geeky, but the unique record number for each item in the Lanchester collection also forms the website address or URL path – This one is LAN/1/2/3 which is neat! See: https://t.co/uCtlmgasny #archivepath pic.twitter.com/alHUZORRKS

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 3, 2020

Day 4 of #Archive30 and the topic today is “A collection”. Our collections consists of original notebooks, sketchbooks, patents, blueprints, slides and negatives all carefully conserved after being scanned and digitised – Find out more at: https://t.co/ixfhZVG3CE #acollection pic.twitter.com/gDq4HtXS1r

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 4, 2020

Day 5 of #Archive30 and today’s theme is “Conservation win”. With help from @UKNatArchives, unique items like these notebooks have been carefully conserved and are available to view online – Find out more at: https://t.co/noPngnJfzz #conservationwin pic.twitter.com/G1nHztENaW

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 5, 2020

Day 6 of #Archive30 and today’s topic is “Something new”. Our newest (and probably biggest) accession is this amazing 1932 Lanchester 15/18 car! See it driving on the Coventry ring road https://t.co/90LqG2b1v0 #somethingnew pic.twitter.com/lvcdXN3Goz

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 6, 2020

Day 7 of #Archive30 and the theme today is “Famous archives”. A famous face discovered more about the Lanchester archive recently when David Jason took a trip in a 1924 40hp Lanchester car for a More4 TV show – find out more at https://t.co/4H3OWGpVIc #famousarchives pic.twitter.com/Kl5upudhqj

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 7, 2020

Day 8 of #Archive30 and today’s it’s “archive celebrations”. There are many Lanchester anniversaries but on Oct 23rd 2018 we celebrated Fred Lanchester’s 150th birthday with balloons and cake! Find out more: https://t.co/nZVQqbGZLp #archivecelebrations pic.twitter.com/kmJBD8tOgi

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 8, 2020

#Archive30 day 9 and today it’s “archive secrets”. This downright romantic gem from from Fred to his wife Dorothea (30 years his junior) starts “My Very Own” and ends ” Your affectionate (rare and precious antique) Fred” Read it all here: https://t.co/iYAUXRmMzk #archivesecrets pic.twitter.com/vFAdDvQ7VW

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 9, 2020

#Archive30 and Day 10 is “food and drink”. Fred doesn’t disappoint with this letter to colleague Prof Lockhart thanking him for a delivery of oatmeal (groats)! Despite his lack of teeth (artificial or real) he enjoyed the texture! Read the full letter: https://t.co/lNdjEEIYM1 pic.twitter.com/etM3saCt3E

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 10, 2020

#Archive30 and Day 11 is “object”. Although mainly a document-based archive we do have some fascinating objects like these driving googles designed and patented by George Lanchester in 1906. See the patent here: https://t.co/fYVP8PfG87 #object pic.twitter.com/UhRpHGwrgP

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 11, 2020

Day 12 of #Archive30 and today’s theme is “Archive people”. The archive isn’t just about Fred and there are many fascinating records about his brothers Frank and George and we wouldn’t be here without lifelong Lanchester enthusiast Dr Chris Clark! Guess who’s who? #archivepeople pic.twitter.com/5vDu33aEIc

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 12, 2020

#Archive30 Day 13: “Outreach” We’re reaching out online for the time being but normally we’re taking our AR, VR and Lanchester stories out and about like this @AheadP_ship #STEMFestWM event @millenniumpoint See our VR in action: https://t.co/NhwUdpA0zV #outreach pic.twitter.com/PFl9J7v9yL

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 13, 2020

#Archive30 Day 14:”Environment” Fred’s efficient and environmentally friendly ‘Petrelect’ hybrid car was ahead of its time in 1927 and the one-off prototype is now in the @thinktankmuseum See the astonishing earlier patent from 1910 here!https://t.co/bT9ptGOsZP #environment pic.twitter.com/ndBeiCylu9

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 14, 2020

#Archive30 Day 15: “Sport” Lanchester cars were one of the the first up inaugural @shelsleywalsh Hill Climb in 1905 and broke records at @BrooklandsMuseu in the 1920s #sport pic.twitter.com/EnFj3IHEIv

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 15, 2020

#Archive30 Day 16: “Archive advice” Some of our most valuable items were ‘accidental’ finds so if you have anything Lanchester related and you’d like to donate them (like this Lanchester vase), let us know: archives@lanchesterinteractive.org #archiveadvice pic.twitter.com/5y2HuTm581

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 16, 2020

#Archive30 Day 17: “Archive building” A Lanchester car in front of the Lanchester Library, which houses the Lanchester Interactive Archive! Its design is functional as well as striking with towers to help the natural ventilation #archivebuilding pic.twitter.com/cs94A5WUd2

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 17, 2020

#Archive30 Day 18 is “Typical day” No such thing really while we’re working remotely! But still mining the archives for gems and bringing the monthly Sketch Club online #covsketchbook https://t.co/01DTrCxeSE #typicalday pic.twitter.com/LirnDlaTEg

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 18, 2020

#Archive30 Day 19 is all about “Archive mystery” Although we have thousands of images and pages scanned, there are still lots of mysteries in the archive. Find out how you can help enhance the collection through checking and tagging https://t.co/vbM04VeDgj #archivemystery pic.twitter.com/xQ7Y0o1wdi

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 19, 2020

#Archive30 Day 20 is “Unusal item” You don’t find many cars in a library, let alone on the 2nd floor, but this real 1933 Lanchester car was built in Coventry and you can still jump inside it online! https://t.co/LRRmtiSlAu #unusualitem pic.twitter.com/EmT2B3NcR1

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 20, 2020

#Archive30 Day 21: “Misconceptions” Think the Wright Brothers had the first design for a plane? Fred’s design would have flown and was patented in 1897, 6 years before the Wright Bros flew! Take it to the skies yourself in our Flight game https://t.co/zoEL8rvTqg #misconceptions pic.twitter.com/zXYNYGVVPI

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 21, 2020

#Archive30 Day 22: “Hidden histories” The Lanchesters were no strangers to controversy & when Fred’s sister Edith wanted to live ‘in sin’ all hell broke loose!More here: https://t.co/bohhYAKqG5 Edith’s daughter was “Bride of Frankenstein” actress Elsa Lanchester! #hiddenhistories pic.twitter.com/CmASntzf7P

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 22, 2020

#Archive30 Day 23: “Something small” The 49 palm-sized notebooks are some of the earliest and most valuable tiny treasures in the collection. This one from 1894 describes the phugoid motion of flight for the first time. See the entry here: https://t.co/5iZICQVuyF #somethingsmall pic.twitter.com/bLbkGmSmob

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 23, 2020

#Archive30 Day 24: “Your workspace” Normally squirrelled away in the Archive Room, the LIA staff are scattered to the four winds at the moment but brought together online! Can’t wait to be back in our 1932 mobile office though! #yourworkspace pic.twitter.com/bd9J2vdmst

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 24, 2020

#Archive30 Day 25: “Fashion” Although he may not have been a dedicated follower of fashion, Fred certainly was a dapper chap! Here he is aged just 25, testing his gliders in the height of summer in 1894! https://t.co/IhifLEsYFK #fashion pic.twitter.com/SkBNbgav94

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 25, 2020

#Archive30 Day 26: “Something Scary” Waldo Lanchester was a celebrated puppeteer. We have a lovely collection of material and some Marionettes including this chap – Not for the fainthearted, we are not sure if he is still in the archive vaults. Check under your bed! pic.twitter.com/tKK56Iyf1h

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 26, 2020

#Archive30 Day 27: “Archive hacks” Every record online can be printed, emailed, saved as a bookmark or downloaded as a PDF (Creative Commons licensed too!) Try these hacks out now! https://t.co/P18W5t59SJ #archivehacks pic.twitter.com/45TLjEw6hl

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 27, 2020

#Archive30 Day 28: “Archive inclusion” We try to be as inclusive as possible, sharing the Lanchester story with schools, visiting students, care homes and men’s sheds to name just a few different groups! #archiveinclusion pic.twitter.com/Qt6H5GlVYY

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 28, 2020

#Archive30 Day 29: “Archive goals” We’d like to get even more of our unlisted material into the the catalogue and online so that we can share during events like our monthly Lanchester SketchClub (sneak peek April – Sound Waves https://t.co/Sa3RBfv1vH) #covsketchclub #archivegoals pic.twitter.com/VtX2MLhwEH

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 29, 2020

#Archive30 Day 30: “Why archives?” Without archives like the LIA, the genius and insight of pioneers like Fred and his family could be lost forever. Still so much to learn, discover and be inspired by! #whyarchives pic.twitter.com/HBfj8ciQuD

— Lanchester Interactive Archive (@lanchester_ia) April 30, 2020