History Collections
Find out more about history collections and History Day

History Collections

Find out more about history collections and History Day

Northern Ireland: Living with the Troubles

Northern Ireland: Living with the Troubles

This blog post was written by Kaili Smith and Charlotte Willsmore, Research Support Librarians at IWM London, for History Day 2023 and explores library material relating to the IWM's current exhibition In May 2023, the Imperial War Museums (IWM) opened the exhibition...

The Act of (Not) Eating in the Middle Ages

The Act of (Not) Eating in the Middle Ages

This blog post was written by Maisie Brewster, one of the Library Graduate Trainees at the Warburg Institute Library, for History Day 2023 and explores library material relating eating in the Middle Ages. The act of drinking and eating is first and foremost to...

A Spark in the Dark: Teesside Archives

A Spark in the Dark: Teesside Archives

This blog post was written by Chris Corbett, Community Engagement Officer at Teesside Archives as part of a series of posts on the theme of ‘Human Discovery: Experiencing Science’ for History Day 2022.  The North East has always been a crucible of scientific...

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