All posts Archives and archivistsSurvey of new archive collections is LIVEThursday 25 June 2015Last month I posted a blog about Accessions to Repositories, our annual survey which collects information from...Records and researchIsaac Chetham: From ‘Scum of the Earth’ to Commissioned Officer in Wellington’s ArmyWednesday 24 June 2015The social order of late 18th and early 19th century Britain ordained that there...Behind the scenesSale in the BookshopTuesday 23 June 2015The online bookshop is preparing for its summer sale. This year we have a...Archives and archivistsTransforming archives: unlocking memories of LacockMonday 22 June 2015I have been based at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre for the past...Behind the scenesMagna Carta comes to life at The National ArchivesFriday 19 June 2015On Monday 15 June, as part of the commemorations to mark the 800th anniversary...Records and research‘I trust it will be the last battle we shall any of us see’: remembering Waterloo, 200 years onThursday 18 June 2015In the middle of the First World War centenary period we find ourselves marking...Records and researchA hornet against a giantWednesday 17 June 2015Whilst looking in the war diary of the 4th General Hospital in Versailles (WO...Records and researchCommemorating the 800th anniversary of the Magna CartaMonday 15 June 2015Throughout 2015 hundreds of events are being held around the world to commemorate the...Records and researchCelebrating democracy for International Archives DayTuesday 9 June 2015For International Archives Day, I asked colleagues from across The National Archives to nominate...Records and researchPentrich: from seditions to petitionsTuesday 9 June 2015Today (and tomorrow morning) mark the 198th anniversary of the Pentrich Rising in 1817....Behind the scenesTransforming archives: Norfolk Record OfficeMonday 8 June 2015Working at the Norfolk Record Office has been an incredible introduction to the archive...Records and researchCelebrities, a former Prime Minister and the WorkhouseFriday 5 June 2015You may have seen the recent BBC1 television programme, 24 Hours in the Past,... « 1 … 111 112 113 114 115 … 169 »