Above: Drawing by Jack, age 5. Submitted by Joy Palmer of the Archives Hub.

This October the Archives Hub is taking part in The Big Draw. We want you to make drawings inspired by archives – or by elephants! – scan them or photograph them, and then email the digital versions to us. We’ll give an Archives Hub notepad and propelling pencil to everyone who sends us a drawing, and the first name out of the pith helmet will receive some paper made from elephant pooh! If you send us your postal address, we won’t use it for anything else.

Above: Drawing by Amanda Hill, formerly of the Archives Hub, and now relocated to Canada. Submitted by Amanda: "This elephant is a small part of the Archives Hub’s own history. It was drawn on 19 January 2004, during a meeting to discuss the replacement of Irwell, the server upon which the service ran until 6 December of that year. I’m afraid I found those meetings rather dull…."

This October the Archives Hub is taking part in The Big Draw. We want you to make drawings inspired by archives – or by elephants! – scan them or photograph them, and then email the digital versions to us. We’ll give an Archives Hub notepad and propelling pencil to everyone who sends us a drawing, and the first name out of the pith helmet will receive some paper made from elephant pooh! If you send us your postal address, we won’t use it for anything else.

Above: One of the drawings created by spot caricaturist Mike Bryson at a recent Mimas event. This shows Jane Stevenson of the Archives Hub and her husband Ade. Submitted by Lisa.

This October the Archives Hub is taking part in The Big Draw. We want you to make drawings inspired by archives – or by elephants! – scan them or photograph them, and then email the digital versions to us. We’ll give an Archives Hub notepad and propelling pencil to everyone who sends us a drawing, and the first name out of the pith helmet will receive some paper made from elephant pooh! If you send us your postal address, we won’t use it for anything else.

Above: One of the drawings created by spot caricaturist Mike Bryson at a recent Mimas event. This shows Lisa Jeskins of the Archives Hub and Caroline Williams of Intute. Submitted by Lisa: "Caroline laughed a lot."

This October the Archives Hub is taking part in The Big Draw. We want you to make drawings inspired by archives – or by elephants! – scan them or photograph them, and then email the digital versions to us. We’ll give an Archives Hub notepad and propelling pencil to everyone who sends us a drawing, and the first name out of the pith helmet will receive some paper made from elephant pooh! If you send us your postal address, we won’t use it for anything else.

Above: One of the drawings created during a recent open day held at Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. This one is by Sally Ann Hughes, age 17, and was inspired by the Book of Kells. Submitted by Claire Skinner of Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

This October the Archives Hub is taking part in The Big Draw. We want you to make drawings inspired by archives – or by elephants! – scan them or photograph them, and then email the digital versions to us. We’ll give an Archives Hub notepad and propelling pencil to everyone who sends us a drawing, and the first name out of the pith helmet will receive some paper made from elephant pooh! If you send us your postal address, we won’t use it for anything else.

Below: One of the drawings created during a recent open day held at Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. This one of a princess is by Rosamond Bailey, age 7, and was inspired by a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. Submitted by Claire Skinner of Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

This October the Archives Hub is taking part in The Big Draw. We want you to make drawings inspired by archives – or by elephants! – scan them or photograph them, and then email the digital versions to us. We’ll give an Archives Hub notepad and propelling pencil to everyone who sends us a drawing, and the first name out of the pith helmet will receive some paper made from elephant pooh! If you send us your postal address, we won’t use it for anything else.

Above: One of the drawings created during a recent open day held at Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. This one is by Laura Bailey, age 10, and was inspired by the Book of Kells. Submitted by Claire Skinner of Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

This October the Archives Hub is taking part in The Big Draw. We want you to make drawings inspired by archives – or by elephants! – scan them or photograph them, and then email the digital versions to us. We’ll give an Archives Hub notepad and propelling pencil to everyone who sends us a drawing, and the first name out of the pith helmet will receive some paper made from elephant pooh! If you send us your postal address, we won’t use it for anything else.

Above: One of the drawings created during a recent open day held at Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. This one is by Felix Dawson, and was inspired by the Book of Kells. Submitted by Claire Skinner of Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

This October the Archives Hub is taking part in The Big Draw. We want you to make drawings inspired by archives – or by elephants! – scan them or photograph them, and then email the digital versions to us. We’ll give an Archives Hub notepad and propelling pencil to everyone who sends us a drawing, and the first name out of the pith helmet will receive some paper made from elephant pooh! If you send us your postal address, we won’t use it for anything else.

Above: A set of drawings created during a recent open day held at Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. These are by Alisha Hislop, aged 10, and were inspired by the Book of Kells. Submitted by Claire Skinner of Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

This October the Archives Hub is taking part in The Big Draw. We want you to make drawings inspired by archives – or by elephants! – scan them or photograph them, and then email the digital versions to us. We’ll give an Archives Hub notepad and propelling pencil to everyone who sends us a drawing, and the first name out of the pith helmet will receive some paper made from elephant pooh! If you send us your postal address, we won’t use it for anything else.

Above: The first of some colourful drawings created during a recent open day held at Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. This one is by Adam Gill, aged 17, and was inspired by the Book of Kells. Submitted by Claire Skinner of Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.

This October the Archives Hub is taking part in The Big Draw. We want you to make drawings inspired by archives – or by elephants! – scan them or photograph them, and then email the digital versions to us. We’ll give an Archives Hub notepad and propelling pencil to everyone who sends us a drawing, and the first name out of the pith helmet will receive some paper made from elephant pooh! If you send us your postal address, we won’t use it for anything else.