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...
Nov 18, 2020 | Institute of Historical Research
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...
Nov 18, 2020 | Warburg Institute
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...
Nov 17, 2020 | Teesside Archives
Teesside Archives collects, catalogues and preserves records and documents relating to the areas of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, and Redcar & Cleveland, and makes them accessible for research. We hold a vast range of records and documents relating...
