Category: Records and research Records and researchFall of the WallWednesday 6 November 2019The Berlin Wall was breached 30 years ago, on 9 November 1989. In this...Archives and archivistsThe pannotype mystery: Part 1 – historic photographic processes in Design RegistersFriday 25 October 2019The Designs Registers, part of the Board of Trade (BT), contain almost three million...Records and researchSkynet: the real communication satellite systemThursday 24 October 2019The latest instalment of the ‘Terminator’ franchise has hit our cinema screens. A rather...Records and researchThe liberation struggle in the Congo and the strange death of Patrice LumumbaWednesday 23 October 2019Following the end of the Second World War, the African continent underwent rapid decolonization...Records and researchOpen and closed: Royal correspondence and the Archbishops of York in the 14th centuryThursday 10 October 2019The Close and Patent Rolls are two different types of administrative record of the...Records and researchThe Alchemist’s Tale: Geoffrey Chaucer and alchemyWednesday 9 October 2019Where did Geoffrey Chaucer get the inspiration for his stories? As part of my...Records and researchHow archives helped solve a family mysteryTuesday 8 October 2019Like many of us who find ourselves working at The National Archives, I have...Records and researchChocks Away! The life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-ChapmanTuesday 17 September 2019Now approaching the half-way mark in the WO 416 (Second World War British and...Records and researchMilestones to peace: The Treaty of St. Germain-en-LayeMonday 9 September 2019The Treaty of Versailles, signed with Germany on 28 June 1919, brought an official...Behind the scenesSupporting students with early documentsWednesday 4 September 2019The National Archives Education Service works with thousands of school students both on site...Records and researchPeterloo: Whatever Happened to Henry Hunt?Thursday 29 August 2019On 16 August 1819, 60,000 people gathered on St Peter’s Field in Manchester to...Records and researchForeign and Commonwealth Office files from 1990: ‘United Germany’Wednesday 28 August 2019Today, we are releasing new FCO 33 files for 1990, a large number of... « 1 … 35 36 37 38 39 … 114 »