Category: Records and research Records and research‘The British are coming’ and the outbreak of hostilities during the American Revolutionary WarWednesday 16 April 2025250 years ago this month the American War of Independence broke out amidst the...Records and researchMary II’s love letters to William III Thursday 10 April 2025Among the official papers in ‘King William’s Chest’ we were delighted to find expressions...Records and researchThe Long March to Freedom 1944–1945 Tuesday 1 April 2025Our records provide accounts of the forced prisoner of war marches that took place...Records and researchThe pannotype mystery: cracking the code of a forgotten photographic processMonday 31 March 2025Dr Marc Vermeulen explains some exciting research by our Collection Care team....Records and researchThe history of ‘indecent advertisements’ in public toiletsMonday 24 February 2025PhD student Jessica Gregory examines illicit advertising in the early 20th century....Records and researchNarrating ephemeral archival presence: LGBTQ+ histories and Colonial Office recordsWednesday 12 February 2025PhD student Garfield Campbell looks at the challenge of tracing LGBTQ+ lives in colonial...Records and researchUsing archives to examine the BSE epidemicMonday 27 January 2025How did different kinds of expertise advise government during the BSE crisis, and why?...Archives and archivistsThe A–Z of the Royal Navy Captains’ letter project – ‘B’ and ‘C’Wednesday 22 January 2025Read the second in a series of blogs charting the progress of this volunteer...Records and researchVisualising naval networks in the Admiralty China Station recordsMonday 20 January 2025Explore the communication networks of the British Royal Navy from China in the 19th...Records and researchConfessions from the Cambridge Five: a file release from MI5Tuesday 14 January 2025Over 100 Security Service (MI5) files are being released today. What do they reveal?...Records and researchWolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light in six documentsThursday 5 December 2024Explore some of the historical records used to inform the second series of BBC's...Records and researchExploring early photography through collaborative digital experimentationThursday 5 December 2024Find out all about the topic of our upcoming digital hackathon.... 1 2 3 … 115 »