Cricket information, church records, music and copies of the Warwick Samaritans’ Lodge’s original charter were yesterday added to the Bermuda Archives.Minister of Government Estates and Information Services Michael Scott thanked the donors for their contributions.The first of the donated exhibits contains cricket material from the late journalist, cricketer and cricket enthusiast Tommy Aitchison. The donation, by Maurice Hankey and Anthony Lumsden, also includes administrative papers of the Bermuda Cricket Foundation.A second exhibit from the St Paul African Methodist Church, consisted of more than 140 years of church records dating back to 1870. A collection of music by Bermudian artists was donated by Harry Bloom, who came to Bermuda to sell recording equipment.A final exhibit, donated by Michael Bradshaw and delMonte Davis, consists of a copy of the charter of Warwick Samaritans’ Lodge, which dates back to 1887.“An archive is not just a collection of historical records,” Mr Scott said. “It is a place that provides researchers with the materials to build the collective memories of our society.“The donations we have here today hold great and wonderful significance and will do much to enhance, preserve and capture the memories to which they relate.”The Warwick Samaritans’ lodge was several under the Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria, an order formed in the 1800s to help black citizens after they were freed from slavery in 1834.Mr Scott said: “As Minister with responsibility for the Bermuda Archives, I am deeply indebted to Mrs Smith, Mr Hankey, Dr Bradshaw and Mr Davis for their collective and individual thoughtfulness and commitment to our Island’s history and heritage.”