Jul 8, 2024 | General, Guildhall Library, King’s College London Library Services, The National Archives
History Day brings together people and collections. It’s the perfect opportunity to catch up with the latest collection-based projects and meet with like-minded people. 2024 is the 10th anniversary of History Day and in this blog post, we have invited colleagues to...
Oct 21, 2021 | Guildhall Library
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...
Sep 17, 2015 | Bishopsgate Institute Library, Guildhall Library, London Metropolitan Archives, The National Archives
This post was written by Charlie Berry, a doctoral student at the Institute of Historical Research. As a research student, a lot of my time is spent beavering away in libraries and archives. My thesis topic, neighbourhoods in fifteenth-century London, means that I am...
Aug 14, 2015 | General, Guildhall Library, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House Library, The National Archives
I am a librarian and have represented Senate House Library on the Committee of London Research Libraries in History for the past three years. Recently I undertook a research project on London Quakers and this blog post is one small way to thank the librarians and...
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Aug 4, 2015 | Guildhall Library
by Jeanie Smith, Assistant Librarian & Keeper of the Lloyd’s Marine Collection, Guildhall Library This is the ‘Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes Gathered by John Gerarde of London Master in Chirvrgerie; very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson...
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Mar 31, 2015 | Guildhall Library
This post was written by Jeanie Smith, Assistant Librarian at the Guildhall Library. This horticultural collection at Guildhall Library was founded by the Company in 1891 with the public spirited intention of providing a collection of current gardening manuals as a...
