History Collections
Find out more about history collections and History Day
History Collections
Find out more about history collections and History Day
Charles Booth’s London
This post has been reposted from the LSE website to highlight this exciting new resource. Charles Booth's Inquiry Into the Life and Labour of the People in London was a path-breaking investigation into the social conditions faced by Londoners living in the...
Hope and Fear in a box
This post was written by Richard Espley, Head of Modern Collections at Senate House Library. It is part of a series of blog posts on the theme of Hope and Fear in library and archive collections, as part of the Being Human festival and History Day 2016. Joanna...
Fighting fire with the sucking worm fire engine
This post was written by Heather Rowland, Head of Library and Collections at the Society of Antiquaries of London. It is part of a series of blog posts on the theme of Hope and Fear in library and archive collections, as part of the Being Human festival and History...
Charles Le Brun’s Science of Human Expression: It’s All in the Eyebrows – Hope and Fear at the Warburg
This post was written by Alexandra Frost and Argula Rublack, Library Graduate Trainees at the Warburg Library. It forms part of a series of blog posts on the theme of Hope and Fear in library and archive collections, as part of the Being Human festival and History Day...
Hope and Fear: William Belcher in 1914
This post was written by Naomi Percival, Special Collections Librarian at Brunel University London. It forms part of a series of blog posts on the theme of Hope and Fear in library and archive collections, as part of the Being Human festival in advance of History Day...
Fear and Loathing in Deptford
This post was written by David Luck, Senior Archivist at the London Metropolitan Archives. It forms part of a series of blog posts on the theme of Hope and Fear in library and archive collections, as part of the Being Human festival. Throwing ‘Fear’ into our revamped...
The great eruption of Mount Vesuvius 1779: Hope and Fear in the collections of The Geological Society
This image comes from the collections of The Geological Society and is part of a series on the theme of Hope and Fear in library and archive collections to coincide with the Being Human festival. “View of the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius, on Sunday night August...
Scrofula and the royal touch: Hope and Fear at KCL
This post was written by Brandon High, Special Collections Officer at King's College London. It is cross-posted from the KCL Library Spotlight highlights and is part of a series on the theme of Hope and Fear in library and archive collections to coincide with the...
Fear at the Wellcome Library
This post was written by Danny Rees, Assistant Engagement Officer at the Wellcome Library. It is part of a series of images on the theme of Hope and Fear in library and archive collections to coincide with the Being Human festival. Is this the face of a terrified man?...
Hope and Fear in Collections: The Bishopsgate Institute
This is the first in a series of blog posts on the theme of Hope and Fear in library and archive collections. Selected images will form an online exhibition at History Day in November 2016 to coincide with the Being Human festival. ...