The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn – secrets at the Museum of Freemasonry?
What is secrecy? Writing this blog made me think about why archives created by some organisations are thought of as ‘secret’ whereas […]
Category: Monthly Themed Blogs
Anne Lister: the secret’s out!
From coded whispers about daily tasks to private reflections, come and unravel Anne Lister’s coded musings beyond romantic aspects. This month we […]
The Darker Side of the Ferguson Collection: Part Two
A world of scientific experimentation into the supernatural and what makes an “eerie” tale.
Highland Archive Centre
A look at the Christmas and Hogmanay traditions taking place in the Scottish Highlands
The Johnstone Twins: A Tale of Festive Illustrations
Looking at the timeless collaborative illustration work of twin sisters Anne and Janet Johnstone
Pretty Paper – a history of Christmas cards at the Postal Museum archives
The wonderful journey of the cherished British Christmas card.
The father of plastic surgery case files
The WW1 groundbreaking facial surgeries case files reveal sensitivity and compassion from the medical team.
The Practice of Inclusion in the Fulbourn Asylum
As November highlights to us the importance of inclusion, we delve into the records of Fulbourn Hospital (formally Fulbourn Asylum), held by […]
The Darker Side of the Ferguson Collection: Part One
With Hallowe’en not long behind us, in the first of a series of spooky-themed articles by the University of Glasgow Archives & […]
Spooky Happenings in the Greville Family of Warwick Castle Collection
In anticipation of Halloween, we at Explore Your Archive made a ghostly call upon Warwickshire County Record Office to untangle from the […]