Magic and the supernatural

History Day 2017 took place on 31 October, and this blog series celebrates all that is scary, eerie and magical in libraries and archives.

• Introduction
• Supernatural at the London Metropolitan Archives
• Magic in the Mountains with Harry Price at Senate House Library
• Vampires at UCL SSEES Library
• The History of Witchcraft in the IHR library’s collections
• Spirits and science: the work of Frank Podmore
• Dirty, Deadly and Downright Dangerous with RHS Libraries
• 7 Spooky Tales from England’s Haunted Castles
• The Stuff of Nightmares: Nightmarish Visions at the Warburg
• Archives Hub: a resource for researchers
• BBIH and the occult
• Witches and the Stationers’ Company Archive
• Pig’s blood, Dragon and Ale – A Little Book of Recipes in the RCN