An introduction to the CEAS archive

The CEAS Archive contains documents and materials made or retained by the Centre since 1966, including the founding document, signed by Alfred Hassell Smith in June 1966.

The collection includes minutes, agenda & correspondence for CEAS Committees 1966—1996 (with some material 1992—2010), including the founding documents. These Commitee documents, plus copies of various CEAS publications and CEAS exhibition posters form the bulk of the archive.

In addition, the following loose categories outline the rest of the material:

• Reviews of CEAS publications (not complete)
• The Norwich Survey, September 1970—December 1980 (documentation)
• ‘Norfolk Bibliography’, 1971 (documentation towards)
• Administrative material for the publication of The Papers of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, volumes I—V
• CEAS Exhibition records since 1976 (not complete)
• ‘Creative Histories’ series, documentation
• Artwork, photographs and typescripts for various CEAS publications, mostly 1980s, 1990s
• CEAS Appeal documentation 1987—1993
• Donation documentation, 1990s
• Research Reports, 1992
• Surveys of members and miscellaneous membership details and ephemera, early 2000s