History Collections
Find out more about history collections and History Day
History Collections
Find out more about history collections and History Day
Medical History archive collections at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
This post is part of a series from the Royal College of Surgeons of England for History Day 2021. Separate posts describe Natural History archive collections and Tracts. The archive collections of the Royal College of Surgeons of England contain a rich breadth of...
Where the Wild Things Were
This post was written by Chris Corbett, Community Engagement Officer at Teesside Archives. This is part of a series of posts on the theme of Environmental History for History Day 2021. Climate change, species extinction, plastic pollution, habitat degradation; these...
Guildhall Library: The Library of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners
This post was written by Jeanie Smith & Isabelle Chevallot, Assistant Guildhall Librarians for History Day 2021. Guildhall Library, the Library of London History, is delighted to be taking part in History Day 2021 which will focus on “environmental history in its...
Environmental History in the IHR Library’s Collections
This post was written by Michael Townsend, Collections and Metadata Librarian at the Institute of Historical Research Library. It is part of a series of post celebrating Environmental History collections for History Day 2021. It is cross-posted from the Institute of...
Collecting and Studying Nature: Collections from Cumbria Archive Service Whitehaven Archives
This gallery is from Whitehaven Archives, Cumbria Archive service, as part of a series of posts on the theme of Environmental History to tie in with History Day 2021. For more information about the Cumbria Archive Service and the materials held, please see the website...
The Bromsgrovian botanist who earnt His ‘Majesty’s admiration’
A discovery in the archive at Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service reveals how a local scientist contributed not only to popularising horticulture in the 19th century but significantly during his life to the people and town of Bromsgrove. In fact, held in...
A preview of History Day 2021: Environmental History and more
This blog post was written by Kate Wilcox (Institute of Historical Research) and Argula Rublack (Senate House Library) co-organisers of History Day. History Day is a free, one-day event which brings people interested in history together with history collections from...
Researching history online – a new series of online sessions by Senate House Library and the IHR
At a time when we are marking our first anniversaries of going into lockdown in the UK, historians and history students are no longer strangers to the vagaries of studying and researching history almost fully online. As collection professionals, we have tried to offer...
New Worlds and New Approaches : The Hakluyt Society Collection at the IHR
When arriving on the third floor of the IHR library, amidst a large and varied collection concerning travel literature, navigation and colonialism, the average reader might find themselves drawn towards a conspicuous wall of shelves lined in uniform blue bindings with...
New worlds in the Warburg: Past inspires future
The Warburg Library has had to adjust quickly to the so-called new normal, but to plan its future the Institute is looking back to its roots for inspiration. Recent visitors to the Warburg Library will have noticed a raft of logistical changes to the library that we...