Decoding & Transcribing Anne Lister’s diaries
Anne Lister, business woman, land owner, lesbian, diarist and inspiration to BBC drama Gentleman Jack.
Category: Featured Archives
Archives across the UK and Ireland tell you about what they hold and what they do with it.
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre
Local Authority Records become available to all as open heritage data.
The fascinating history of a little book of alphabet rhymes published in 1667
The history of ‘A Guide for the Childe and Youth’ unearthed by Archive Work Placement at Keele University Library.
Archives in Focus: Armagh Robinson Library
Armagh Robinson Library is the oldest public library in Northern Ireland. It was established 250 years ago, in 1771, by Richard Robinson, Archbishop of Armagh and […]
Archive in Focus: The Cuala Press: a female led industry
For this month’s blog, Ciara Daly, from Trinity College, Dublin, discusses the Cuala Press Collection. The Cuala Press Project has been contributing to the […]
In Focus: Asylum Archive
This month’s ‘In Focus’ blog looks at the Asylum Archive, a living exhibition of accumulated artefacts, oral histories and photography that reflect […]
Archive in Focus: The Irish Traditional Music Archive
This month’s Archive in Focus blog explores the fantastic work done by the Irish Traditional Music Archive to collect material from all […]
In Focus: Historic Environment Scotland
For this month’s ‘In Focus’ blog Frederick Alexander from Historic Environment Scotland introduces the recently completely digital project “Beyond the Phyiscal: Future […]