Publication of the New Clock Tower Index
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Nic Nicholas at work. |
13 July 2015
The Friends of Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre (FOMA) is delighted to announce the publication of a new Index on the FOMA website for our historical journal, The Clock Tower.
The new Index can be found here.
Compiled by FOMA’s Nic Nicholas, a member of the UK Society of Indexers, the Index is a comprehensive guide to present and past issues, from April 2006 to the present. It is divided in to two sections, one covering articles and the other authors. In the latest issue of The Clock Tower (Issue 38, May 2015), and in anticipation of the launch, Nic contributed a few words on her background and interests:
‘I have always been a keen amateur historian with a particular interest in Victorian history and have been researching my Northern Irish family for over twenty years. After living in Kent since 1992 it is about time that I explored my local history. With Huguenot ancestry (née Montgomery) it is an exciting time in Rochester with the new museum opening.
After a career in business, and now bringing up a family, I decided to add indexing to proofreading and have now achieved accreditation with the UK Society of Indexers. I am writing a new index for The Indexer (the international journal of indexing) and run the marketing side of things, including Twitter. I am also a member of ICRIS (International Committee of Representatives of Indexing Societies) and have been the student representative.
Volunteer work has always been a part of my life so I naturally wanted to include indexing. Putting my new-found skills to good use, I hope that my index will be useful to members of the society. If time permits in the future, perhaps a more detailed subject index may evolve! Interestingly, I have recently completed a local history index which was a fascinating insight into the first settlers arriving in Cotopaxi (Denver, Colorado) in 1882. These people were Jewish refugees who had travelled to America from Russia, having been promised a new life as farmers. Sadly, the Colony had failed by 1883, despite their heroic efforts to farm on inhospitable land.’