Category: Records and research Records and researchSpending Power: Cataloguing Exchequer warrants from the Wars of the RosesMonday 22 November 2021In late medieval England the monarch’s money was collected, stored and spent by officials...Records and researchLeonard Orpin: A tale of two warsThursday 11 November 2021Since 2017 a team of volunteers at The National Archives has been devoting its...Records and research20sPeople: ‘A Stranger in a Strange Place’Tuesday 9 November 2021‘A Stranger in a Strange Place’ follows on from ‘Once British Always British’, two...Records and research‘No recommendation’: The experience of RIC veterans with the Irish Grants CommitteeMonday 1 November 2021In the aftermath of the Anglo-Irish War (1919-21) the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) force...Records and researchForgotten victims of war: Black merchant seamen interned in the Second World WarFriday 29 October 2021To mark the end of Black History Month I would like to share with...Records and researchThe 17th century ghost and the fresh nightcapFriday 29 October 2021We’re used to finding stories of spooks (of the spying variety) in the archives,...Records and researchPlague Ahoy! Maritime quarantine in the 18th centuryThursday 28 October 2021On 23 August 1720 at the Council Chamber in Whitehall, the Privy Council issued...Records and researchKicking the habit: Government’s first anti-smoking campaignsWednesday 27 October 2021This month is Stoptober – an annual media campaign started by Public Health England...Archives and archivistsHow Findmypast is helping us provide access to the 1921 CensusWednesday 27 October 2021The announcement that the 1921 Census will be available online from next January will...Archives and archivistsConserving the 1921 CensusWednesday 27 October 2021In the context of the 1921 Census, conservation means conservation for digitisation....Records and researchThe Hoefle Telegram in the new Holocaust Galleries at the Imperial War MuseumMonday 25 October 2021After almost six years in the making, Imperial War Museums (IWM) London opened new...Records and researchHome truths: Improving community relations by funding trips to Commonwealth countriesFriday 22 October 2021In 1969 the Central Office of Information (COI) made a film about a scheme... « 1 … 18 19 20 21 22 … 114 »