Category: Records and research 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....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,...Records and researchVolunteers and villains: the HO 17 cataloguing projectTuesday 2 June 2015It is Volunteers’ Week, an annual celebration of the wonderful contribution made by millions...Archives and archivistsA lock of loveMonday 1 June 2015Hair has long been used as a memento, a physical means of remembrance, of...Records and research150 years of the Welsh colony in PatagoniaThursday 28 May 2015This week, 150 years ago in 1865, a Welsh speaking colony called in Welsh...Records and researchThe Centenary of the Quintinshill Rail DisasterFriday 22 May 2015One hundred years ago, on 22 May 1915, the UK witnessed its worst ever...Archives and archivistsRoll up! New arts archives coming to townThursday 21 May 2015Back in February I posted here about Accessions to Repositories, our annual survey which collects information...Records and research19th century artist in residenceWednesday 20 May 2015Naturalisation… Immigration… Copyright… These are the subjects of documents that you might typically associate...Records and researchThe causes and prevention of tri-nitro-toluene (TNT) poisoningTuesday 19 May 2015The First World War centenary continues to bring to our attention countless acts of...Records and researchGoing walkaboutSaturday 16 May 2015Steve McGann, our Explore Your Archive ambassador, uncovers the war record of his grandfather... « 1 … 77 78 79 80 81 … 115 »