History Collections
Find out more about history collections and History Day
History Collections
Find out more about history collections and History Day
The Stuff of Nightmares: Nightmarish Visions at the Warburg
This post was written by Anna Buck and Annika Gialdini, Library Graduate Trainees at the Warburg Library. It is one of a series of blog posts on the theme of Magic and the Supernatural, as part of History Day 2017. Looking for the supernatural, monsters, myths or...
Archiving and Activism is Magic!
Visit The Feminist Library stand at History Day 2017. As the Feminist Library’s job is to preserve the archives and herstories of feminists and their organisations, we thought we’d begin with a little bit of our own. First, an extract from the programme for our 35th...
7 Spooky Tales from England’s Haunted Castles
This blog first featured on Heritage Calling – a Historic England blog. It is reposted here as one of a series of blog posts on the theme of Magic and the Supernatural, as part of History Day 2017. Many of England’s historic buildings and monuments set an inspiring...
Dirty, Deadly and Downright Dangerous with RHS Libraries
This blog post was written by Tom Pink, Assistant Librarian at the RHS Lindley Library. It is one of a series of blog posts on the theme of Magic and the Supernatural, as part of History Day 2017. The Lindley Library is home to many weird and wonderful records of...
Spirits and science: the work of Frank Podmore
This blog post was cross-posted from the Royal College of Physicians blog, and was written by Alana Farrell, project coordinator UK-MHL in 2015. It is one of a series of blog posts on the theme of Magic and the Supernatural, as part of History Day 2017. Picture this...
The History of Witchcraft in the IHR library’s collections
This blog post was written by Michael Townsend, Collections Librarian in the Institute of Historical Research Library. It is cross-posted from the IHR Blog. It is one of a series of blog posts on the theme of Magic and the Supernatural, as part of History Day 2017. As...
Vampires at UCL SSEES Library
This blog post was written by Dr Wojciech Janik, Assistant Librarian at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies Library. It is cross-posted from the Council for Slavonic and East European Library and Information Services blog. It is one of a series of...
Magic in the Mountains with Harry Price at Senate House Library
This post was written by Tansy Barton, the Research Librarian for Manuscript and Print Studies at Senate House Library. It forms part of a series of blog posts on the theme of Halloween in libraries and archives. Senate House Library is home to a number of...
Supernatural at the London Metropolitan Archives
This post was written by Charlie Turpie, Principal Archivist at the London Metropolitan Archives. It forms part of a series of blog posts on the theme of Halloween in libraries and archives. London Metropolitan Archives might not be the first place you think of when...
History Day 2017 and a new blog series
With History Day 2017 scheduled on the 31st of October, we decided to use this blog to celebrate all that is scary, eerie and magical in libraries and archives. The members of the Committee of London Research Libraries in History and the participants of History...