Oct 23, 2021 | 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...
Oct 22, 2021 | Teesside Archives
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...
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...
Oct 19, 2021 | Institute of Historical Research
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...
Oct 18, 2021 | Cumbria 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...
Oct 15, 2021 | Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service
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...
Oct 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
This post was written by Roger S. Wotton, Emeritus Professor of Biology at UCL, for History Day 2021. I always enjoyed walking on my own in the countryside and along the coast of South Devon, where I lived. My love of natural history and, especially, of life in water...
Oct 11, 2021 | Institute of Historical Research, Senate House Library
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...
Mar 23, 2021 | Institute of Historical Research, Senate House Library
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...
