All posts Records and researchHIV and AIDS Archives: a workshop and a symposiumThursday 14 November 2024We're hosting events to explore the wider landscape of HIV and AIDS-related records....Records and researchThe Detached Papers: New records on the transatlantic slave trade on DiscoveryWednesday 13 November 2024We have released over 8,000 new catalogue descriptions of documents related to the transatlantic...Behind the scenesResearching the 1934 Gresford Colliery disaster Tuesday 29 October 2024'I often watch, read, or hear about historical events or figures and wonder if...Archives and archivistsWalking through archived colonial histories, part 3: Tasmania to PerthTuesday 15 October 2024Our archival wandering ends as we follow displaced people across Australia....Archives and archivistsWalking through archived colonial histories, part 2: Tolpuddle to TasmaniaTuesday 15 October 2024Continue our trip through the archive via Van Diemen’s Land, now Tasmania....Archives and archivistsWalking through archived colonial histories, part 1: Charborough to BarbadosTuesday 15 October 2024Inspired by Corinne Fowler, join us on a journey through archival space....Behind the scenesMultisensory archive, part 2: Using our senses to access and engage with collectionsThursday 10 October 2024How can we can engage with archival collections through smell, sound, and touch?...Behind the scenesMultisensory archive, part 1: Sensory characteristics of archival documentsWednesday 9 October 2024From parchment and paper to microfilm, discover how archival material can be engaged with...Behind the scenesEducation in exile: Cataloguing Polish refugee education filesMonday 7 October 2024Read personal reflections from Polish refugees who came to Britain after the Second World...Records and researchA Great Escape from Castello di VincigliataMonday 30 September 2024Discover how Second World War PoWs escaped an Italian castle....Behind the scenesHome comforts: My Home and our partnership with Arts in Care HomesMonday 23 September 2024What does home mean to you? What might it mean to somebody else? And...Records and researchTracing merchant seamen in the 19th centuryTuesday 17 September 2024Thanks to our offsite volunteers it's now easier to research 19th century life at... 1 2 3 … 168 »