Having a laugh with Swansea University Archives
The archives at Swansea University are full of exquisitely funny records.
Category: Monthly Themed Blogs
David Drummond Pantomime Collection
The wondrous history of pantomime from the David Drummond archives
The Animals of Edge Hill University’s Friendship Books
‘I’se Got You!’ by Edith Ayre, 1912, Edge Hill University Edge Hill University archivist, Dan Copely, shares the wonderful illustrations of animals […]
National Athletics Archive: UK athletics throughout the 20th century
The National Athletics Archive is held at the Cadbury Research Library in Birmingham
Decoding & Transcribing Anne Lister’s diaries
Anne Lister, business woman, land owner, lesbian, diarist and inspiration to BBC drama Gentleman Jack.
The North Devon Athenaeum, long time advocate of social media
The literary and scientific institute makes fantastic use of social media to address archiving issues.
East Riding Archives explore new ways to save and promote untold stories
East Riding archives embrace the digital world and reach out to new generations
The Women’s Art Library at Goldsmiths
Looking at the importance of collecting documentation about women’s art practice
Letters from the archives
In WWII enemy aliens were kept in internment camps. Newly married Ida writes to her husband Ernst who is in camp 009.