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125 years of The King's Fund: a timeline This timeline documents the history of the King's Fund since it was established in 1897 -
80 years on: the V weapon attacks on Britain This blog will look at how V1 and V2 rockets were used against British soil eighty years ago and their impact on local communities and ordinary people’s lives. -
A Brief History of The Archive of Market and Social Research In this video from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Mr Navnit Shah, Professor Averil Olive Mansfield, and Ruth Lester, OBE, briefly speak about their experiences working in surgery as a part of RCS England’s wider oral project on surgeons. -
A response to a New World: A brief history of the Imperial War Museum Library Slideshow giving a brief history of the Imperial War Museum Library. (Click the speaker icon on each slide to listen to the presentation). -
A warm welcome to RHS libraries: explore rare gardening books, archives, and more The RHS libraries are an invaluable resource for gardeners, offering a collection of rare gardening books, practical guides, and resources that showcase over 500 years of horticultural history. In this video, we take you through the unique features of the RHS libraries, each with its own focus: from rare books and historical archives to gardening techniques and the science behind plants. Discover the exclusive benefits available to RHS members, including borrowing privileges, access to e-books and audiobooks, and opportunities to join engaging library events and tours. Learn how to navigate the RHS online library catalogue and explore beautifully digitised images from the comfort of your home. -
An ordinary life': The King's Fund's work on services for disabled people This exhibition explores how the King's Fund has worked with, and for, disabled people over the years -
Archives of IT (AIT) History Day Introduction As part of History Day 2024, AIT has produced an introduction to the charity through a walkthrough video of its website and its collection of more than 250 interviews with pioneers of the IT and telecommunications industry, and its resources such as in-depth features and curated pages.
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Beyond the Botanical in Kew's Persian collections The co-curators of the current "Persia Reimagined: From Herbarium to Heritage" exhibition write about the Persian collections in Kew's Library & Archives and the social and cultural histories tucked away within. -
British sign language introduction to the Museum of the Order of St John A British Sign Language introduction to the Museum of the Order of St John. -
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Churchill Archives Centre In this online exhibition, we explore the people and events that have shaped our history. -
Damaged & Destroyed : Three Stories of Preservation and Loss from the PMC’s Photographic Archive In 2021, the Paul Mellon Centre (PMC) published its photographic archive online. The archive comprises more than 100,000 reproductions of paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures. The photographs, which were taken over a forty-year period between the early 1960s to the late 1990s, offer images of objects from across six centuries, and focus in particular on sixteenth- to nineteenth-century British art. This feature focuses on a selection of the damaged and destroyed works that are recorded in the Centre’s photographic archive, and uses them to suggest some of the values and limitations of such archives. It takes the form of three stories. The first offers a glimpse into the work and tragic life of the largely forgotten eighteenth-century artist Hugh Robinson; the second looks at four portraits of women associated with a titled Scottish family, the Rothes, which were totally destroyed during a high-profile warehouse fire in 1997; and the third looks at a damaged sketchbook by the nomadic Georgian artist George Chinnery. -
Darwin's letters in Kew Gardens' Archives Our Senior Archivist takes a closer look at Charles Darwin's letters in our Archives. They were recently added to the UNESCO Memory of the World register. -
Dennis Sharp Archive : Concrete and Controversy, the architecture of Connell, Ward & Lucas Dennis Sharp (1933-2010) was an architect, designer, author and teacher. The Centre holds Sharp’s archive, which comprises material compiled in the course of his research on the architecture of Connell, Ward and Lucas. The archive is fully catalogued and available for research. This spotlight feature highlights some of the key themes that emerge from the archive and some of the treasures which it contains. -
Exploration of the Paul Oppé Library and Archive Adolphus Paul Oppé (22 September 1878–29 March 1957) was an art historian and collector with a particular interest in British drawings and watercolours from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His scholarly work, like his collecting, focused on figures such as John Sell Cotman, Alexander Cozens, Francis Towne, Paul and Thomas Sandby and Thomas Rowlandson, and contributed considerably to establishing their reputations as major British artists. -
Exploring the Frank Simpson Archive Frank Simpson (1911–2002) was a Librarian and amateur art historian with a long-held interest in taste and the collecting of pictures in England in the eighteenth century, particularly from salerooms. The Paul Mellon Centre holds his archive, which includes records from the London office of M. Knoedler & Co., where he worked during the 1950s–1970s. Much of the material in this archive is unique and contains a wealth of information for those interested in the study of provenance, and collections and collecting during the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. -
Exploring the Gavin Stamp Archive Gavin Stamp (1948–2017) was a British architectural historian, writer and campaigner. His archive, which is held by the Centre, illustrates a prolific career and wide-ranging interests. It includes material related to the Scott family architectural dynasty; inter-war period architecture; telephone boxes; war memorials; power stations; Victorian churches; ecclesiastical design; and colonial architecture. -
From 15th Century to Today: How to Find Treasures in Linnean Collections Head of Collections, Isabelle Charmantier, and Librarian Will Beharrell explain how to navigate the Linnean Collections -
Global Virtual Museum This is the page of the National Paralympic Heritage Trust's Global Virtual Museum -
HIVstory Project Introducing our new national outreach programme, 'HIVstory'. Discover the unique, personal stories of those impacted by the HIV/AIDS pandemic of the 80s and 90s. Find out why it's vital that we preserve this crucial piece of UK heritage and educate future generations across the country. -
Introducing RHS Digital Collections In this video, Fiona Davison, Head of Libraries and Exhibitions at the Royal Horticultural Society, introduces RHS Digital Collections, a newly digitised collection of over 10 000 items which captures the history of gardening over 500 years, and is free to use. -
Introduction to Special Collections This video offers an introduction to the Special Collections at Londo Metropolitan University -
Introduction to the Warburg Institute Library A brief introduction to the collections of the Warburg Institute Library. -
Introduction to the Warburg Library Classification System Video playlist introducing the Warburg Library, its origins and its collections. -
Introduction to the West Yorkshire Archive Service An introductory video to the West Yorkshire Archive Service. -
Ismaili Special Collections: Islamic Heritage Past and Present - Trailer A new series from the Ismaili Special Collections Unit (ISCU) and the Department of Communications and Development (DCD) was launched this year which aims to showcase items of historical importance held at The Institute of Ismaili Studies and highlight their contemporary relevance today. Through this series, expert scholars introduce a diverse range of rare manuscripts and objects, bringing specialist research to a wider audience.