Tag: Photo Managing informationSeal moulds: opening up the collection as never beforeTuesday 22 January 2019We hold an historic collection of moulds taken from our wax seals. Containing some 7,700...Archives and archivistsRamsay MacDonald’s holiday snaps and other photographsThursday 2 November 2017I have been looking at some of the photographic and visual information held in...Records and researchAn experimental and daring ladyTuesday 19 January 2016We look at Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, who pushed the boundaries of photography...Records and researchIllustrating historyMonday 12 January 2015As a repository for records of central government, you may not expect to find...Behind the scenesSeeing the invisible – striking images of dust!Thursday 18 December 2014Scanning electron microscopy has revealed striking images of dust particles found in The National Archives’...Records and researchResearching FWW through personal objects: photographsTuesday 25 November 2014A way in to researching many individuals who saw service between 1914 and 1920,...Records and researchMy Tommy’s war: a history through photosFriday 24 October 2014I knew very little about my grandfather: Alfred Thomas Avis, 1884 -1936. When the...Records and researchThe travelling photographer: Emil Otto HoppéTuesday 6 May 2014Emil Otto Hoppé (1878–1972) is my kind of photographer. He was incredibly prolific, producing...Records and researchLooking back through a lens on Commonwealth DayMonday 10 March 2014Welcome to the first in a series of blogs for the Caribbean though a lens...Behind the scenesFrom Tyne to Tweed: bridging the gap between archives and audiencesTuesday 25 February 2014In my role as a National Archives Skills for the Future trainee, I have...Records and researchCataloguing the unsung heroes of the RAFThursday 16 May 2013From Banana to Vesuvius… When one thinks of the RAF in the Second World...Records and researchThrough a lens: Malta – the George Cross IslandThursday 28 March 2013The Colonial Office library photographic collection contains 12 Malta albums with photographs ranging from... 1 2 3 »