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Winter Talk 2: David Powell on the DC Thomson Archives
February 20 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
In the second in the series of the Trust’s winter talks for 2024 we welcome David Powell of DC Thomson to speak about the DC Thomson archives.
The Archives
The archives of DC Thomson have accumulated over the past 250 years as both the titles and business have evolved. As well as being a valuable business asset they have a wider value to the communities who worked for, contributed to, featured in, or consumed, our products. This light-hearted tour through the collections will show their breadth, influence and use and hopefully spark a few memories, taking in newspapers, comics, magazines and our photographic collections.
About David Powell
I have been Archive Manager at DC Thomson since 2014. I have worked as an archivist in Scotland since 2001, working in the public, university and private sector with a specialism in the archives of business. In that time I’ve worked with the records of the heavy industries of the west of Scotland, handled dynamite, rescued records from textile mills while the wrecking ball was waiting outside and seen more basements and attics full of records and moth frass that I care to remember.
At DCT I’m responsible for the documentary and physical heritage of the business and working with people across the business to make use of it as a business asset.
