The Archive Trust is a registered charity, dependent entirely on donations and grants. We have no endowment and no institutional backing. Every pound raised goes directly to the work of digitisation, cataloguing and making these recordings available to the world.
We have set a staged funding target of £365,000 to complete the digitisation of the Michael Wright Collection and build the infrastructure for public access. The three stages are designed so that work can begin and progress meaningfully at each funding level.
Purchase and commission specialist digitisation equipment; establish quality-controlled workflow; digitise the first 1,000 recordings from the Michael Wright Collection; create WAV masters and MP3 access copies; complete initial cataloguing.
Complete digitisation of the remaining 7,000+ recordings; professional archival cataloguing to ISAD(G) standard; digital preservation infrastructure to NDSA Levels; cold-storage backup systems; staff costs.
Build and launch the public-facing online archive; streaming audio hosting infrastructure; ongoing server and storage costs; staff and maintenance for five years; Archive Service Accreditation application.
To discuss a major donation, sponsorship, or a grant application, please contact us directly. For general donations, please use the form below or contact us by email.
This form will open an email to info@archmathsci.org. For bank transfers or cheques, please contact us directly. UK taxpayers: please ask about Gift Aid. Registered charity No. 1141862.
Are you a researcher, historian of science, or institution with an interest in the collection? Contact us to discuss early access and collaborative opportunities.
We welcome offers of expertise in digitisation, archival practice, software development, web publishing and audio engineering from individuals and institutions.
Tell colleagues, institutions and funders about the collection. The more people who know about this unique resource, the stronger our case for support becomes.