Pretty Paper – a history of Christmas cards at the Postal Museum archives
The wonderful journey of the cherished British Christmas card.
Tag: History
The father of plastic surgery case files
The WW1 groundbreaking facial surgeries case files reveal sensitivity and compassion from the medical team.
Execution. Gunpowder Plot. Great Fire. Plague.
What role do archives play in remembering events of national significance?
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 […]
‘Adventure’
Not only intrepid journeys through exotic landscapes, but adventure is also found in family holidays.
Preserving Compilation VHS Tapes
The special contribution film makes in the telling of local history.
Isle of Man Naturalist, William Cowin
Cowin’s fieldwork diaries offer invaluable data of the biodiversity of the island.