Discovering people, health and technology through collections at History Day 2022

Oct 7, 2022 | General

This year’s History Day – a free event produced by Senate House Library and the Institute of Historical Research – will be held on 17 November. History Day is for students, researchers and history enthusiasts alike to explore collections from libraries, museums,...

Why did the National Library of Scotland write its Climate Action Plan?

Nov 3, 2021 | General

Henry Roberts, Climate Crisis Intern at the National Library of Scotland shared this post for History Day 2021. Nature isn’t the only thing we stand to lose from climate change. Our cultures, our languages and even our histories are also under threat. As coastlines...

Account of the Fatal Hurricane by which Barbados suffered in August 1831

Oct 30, 2021 | General

This post was written by Oscar Webber and describes the Account of the Fatal Hurricane by which Barbados suffered in August 1831 – Printed for Samuel Hyde, Bridgetown, Barbados. This is part of a series of posts on Environmental History for History Day 2021. Oscar...

Reflections on History Day at DCDC

Jul 28, 2021 | General

Kate Wilcox and Argula Rublack, co-organisers of History Day, reflect on the recent collaboration with The National Archives, RLUK, and Jisc to bring History Day to the Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference. They thank the DCDC organisers...

Women’s history across collections

Jan 21, 2019 | General

The History Collections website has been publishing pieces about women’s history in library, archive and other history collections for several years. In 2018 we gave the topic a special focus because of the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the...

Researcher’s View from the collections at the University of Manchester

Oct 15, 2018 | General, Researchers, University of Manchester

This post was written by Katherine Ambler, Postgraduate Research Student at King’s College London. It is part of a series of posts on researchers’ experiences in libraries and archives. My research focuses on the history of the ‘Manchester School’ of social...