Search results found for: discovery Records and researchThe First Sino-Japanese War and the ‘Kowshing’ IncidentTuesday 25 July 2023Explore the beginnings of this 1894–95 East Asian war through the lens of records...Records and researchOrgan Box: A campaign to promote organ donation in South Asian communitiesMonday 10 July 2023‘The message is the same to all – carry a donor card and tell...Records and researchThe New Poor Law and an early example of information managementTuesday 4 July 2023The importance of poor law records cannot be overestimated...Records and researchSeizing Plato: How a 1934 anti-obscenity police raid caused an outcry in Greece and at homeThursday 29 June 2023The seizure of books deemed obscene became unexpectedly controversial and high profile for authorities....Records and researchEmpire Windrush passengers accommodated at the Clapham South deep shelterTuesday 27 June 2023It was in Clapham where some of Empire Windrush passengers stayed immediately after arriving...Records and researchSoundtracking the Empire WindrushTuesday 20 June 2023We've produced a playlist with reference to records from our collection...Records and researchRemembering the men of Bomber Command who didn’t make it homeTuesday 20 June 2023Who officially researched the fate of missing RAF personnel during the Second World War?...Records and researchThe story of Edward Lees: Refugee, internee, soldierMonday 19 June 2023In 1934, 13-year-old Erhard Wilhelm Saar arrived in the UK fleeing Nazi Germany. By...Archives and archivistsLife and work in Jamaica in 1938: ‘Like seeds falling on a stony ground’Monday 12 June 2023Little is known about the writer, but their letter provides a powerful perspective on...Records and researchLeaving the Italian prisoner of war camp FontanellatoWednesday 7 June 2023How prisoners of war escaped from Italy following the Italian armistice of September 1943....Records and researchAn iconic and treasured record: The Empire Windrush passenger listTuesday 6 June 2023What is the Windrush passenger list? What can we learn from it? And why...Records and researchThe Duchess of Norfolk’s deeds: Reflections of a volunteer transcription projectTuesday 6 June 2023What was our volunteers' experience of this important transcription project?... « 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 81 »