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Hardy and Heritage
'Hardy and Heritage’ is a collaborative PhD project between the University of Exeter and Dorset County Museum which aims to create a digital database of over 4,000 letters written to poet and novelist, Thomas Hardy (1840 -1928). These letters form part of Dorset County Museum’s Thomas Hardy Memorial Collection, the largest Hardy collection in the world, recently selected for the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Programme register.
Working with Exeter’s Digital Humanities Team, the digitisation project will make the letters remotely accessible to a wider audience, raising awareness of literary heritage in the South West. Further digital developments will include the use of new mobile technology to interpret, entertain and educate, enhancing access to the newly catalogued archive and informing Dorset County Museum's existing multi-disciplinary software development.
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Hardy and Heritage’ is a collaborative PhD project between the University of Exeter and Dorset County Museum, led by Professor Angelique Richardson. The project aims to create a digital database of over 4,000 letters written to poet and novelist, Thomas Hardy (1840 -1928).