Search results found for: discovery Records and researchPatently obvious: Tracing the inventions of William Henry Fox Talbot, photography pioneerThursday 1 June 2023We demonstrate how you can look at historical inventions recorded in documents at The...Records and researchLegacies of Chinese indenture aboard the Empire Windrush in 1948Wednesday 31 May 2023As Migration and Citizenship researcher, I've been tracing the stories of passengers...Records and researchPolicing migration: researching the lives of foreign nationals in a government archiveTuesday 30 May 2023We trace the stories of three people who migrated to Britain during the 1920s...Records and researchThe unexpected beauty in copyright registration: Robert Jackson’s photographsThursday 4 May 2023Unearthing a series of images captured by a Manchester-based photographer in the 1860s....Records and researchThe coronation of James IIFriday 21 April 2023A lavish volume in our library's rare books collection gives us a glimpse into...Records and researchApril Ashley: The legal battleMonday 17 April 2023Explore the explosive divorce case between April Ashley and Arthur Corbett, and its legacy....Records and research‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the hairiest of them all?’Wednesday 12 April 2023What has a head, a tail, spine, and body, and is covered in short,...Records and research‘Wicked and seditious writings’ – Thomas Paine, Rights of Man and treasonWednesday 5 April 2023What happened when the radical writer was taken to court, accused of sedition?...Records and researchExamining the Foreign Office’s ‘Slave Trade Department’ records: Part twoTuesday 4 April 2023Examine the role slavery played in the regional diplomacy of the Indian Ocean in...Records and researchApril Ashley: Her early lifeFriday 31 March 2023Explore the early life of April Ashley, pioneering model and key figure in trans...Records and researchOgu Umunwanyi, Ekong Iban, Women’s War: A story of protest by Nigerian womenThursday 30 March 2023Why did thousands of Nigerian women begin a series of protests in 1929 and...Records and researchExamining the Foreign Office’s ‘Slave Trade Department’ recordsFriday 24 March 2023This blog examines what these records can tell us about the experiences of the... « 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 81 »