Posts by Katherine Howells Records and researchThe unexpected beauty in copyright registration: Robert Jackson’s photographsThursday 4 May 2023Unearthing a series of images captured by a Manchester-based photographer in the 1860s....Records and researchGreasy poles, jam tarts and music hall songs: Celebrating the Coronation of Edward VIITuesday 18 April 2023Copyright records can show us how Edward VII's coronation was celebrated locally....Records and researchRemembering the Crystal Palace fire of 1936Wednesday 30 November 2022On the evening of 30 November 1936, a fire was discovered within the Crystal...Archives and archivistsPre-Raphaelites, John Bull and lobsters: Highlights from cataloguing the Stationers’ Company copyright collectionFriday 25 November 2022For the last few years, our dedicated team of volunteers have been working hard...Technology and innovationAnalysing Britain’s earliest copyrighted photographsThursday 10 November 2022In the 1860s photography as a new medium was coming under scrutiny and issues...Records and researchEarly photography in India: Tracing photographers through copyright recordsFriday 12 August 2022In the second half of the 19th century, photography began to flourish in many...Records and researchJazz, the Charleston and moral panic: Music and dance in 1920s BritainFriday 13 May 2022At midnight on Saturday 17 December 1927 an undercover police officer, Frederick Broomfield,...Records and research1920s fashion and design in The National Archives’ visual collectionsTuesday 12 April 2022The registered design collection at The National Archives offers us a unique insight into...Records and research‘A vast window display’: The British Empire Exhibition of 1924-5Tuesday 22 February 2022In 1924 an exhibition was held at Wembley Park in London, which aimed to...Records and researchImagining Empire in the 1920s: Posters of the Empire Marketing BoardTuesday 15 February 2022If you found yourself walking on Charing Cross Road on New Year’s Day in...Records and researchInvestigating the strange disappearance of Mrs Agatha ChristieFriday 11 February 2022On the evening of Friday 3 December 1926, Agatha Christie left her home in...Records and researchArthur Freethy, Ossulston Estate and slum clearance in the 1920sTuesday 25 January 2022Following the First World War, the British government was increasingly concerned about the health... 1 2 3 »
