History Day

Items

• 'Queering the narrative' in the archival records at Bethlem Museum of the Mind
  Looking at the possibilities and perils of investigating same-sex attraction in the historic records of psychiatry.
• 'You called and we came': Windrush and the NHS
  This exhibition explores the contributions that the Windrush generation to NHS, as well as the racial inequality they faced
• 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
• 75 Years of Human-Computer Interaction and its Impact on Society
  Our report From Punch Cards to Brain Computer Interfaces: 75 Years of Human-Computer Interaction describes how HCI evolved from the early years of computing in the 1950s, when the subject was dominated by a small number of mainframes, to today’s world where we talk about Graphical User Interfaces and interactive displays used by billions of people.
• 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 national postal strikes
  This blog post explores the history of the UK's most impactful postal strikes
• Absolute Units: 'Queer Rural Lives: Searching the Archives' with Tim Jerrome
  Queer histories of England have predominantly focused on the country's urban centres and cities - especially London. Yet queer and same-sex relationships have always existed throughout English life. Rural England is no exception. In the first of two podcasts, Joe and Ollie welcome onto Absolute Units former MERL colleague Tim Jerrome (University of Brighton), whose PhD explores the history of same-sex relationships in rural England. Learn about the challenges of finding queer histories in farm archives, the issues of archivist objectivity, and how museums can develop their practices to better surface and represent stories and relationships that were hidden in the past. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Absolute Units is the official podcast of The Museum of English Rural Life. This series is made possible through the generous support of and Museums Partnership Reading, a partnership of The MERL with Reading Museum. Themetune by Tai Dawson. Co-hosts: Ollie Douglas and Joe Vaughan Producer: Joe Vaughan
• AIDS Social History
  This research group documented the history of the disease as it happened and aimed to capture the response of policy makers and charity organisations to the virus. The papers consist of reports and analysis of strategies and policies covering actions of European countries as well as the UK
• All work and all play: unconventional sciences at the Warburg Library
  This blog post was written by Kella Lawrinson and Simone Monti, Graduate Library Trainees at the Warburg Institute as part of a series of posts on the theme of ‘Human Discovery: Experiencing Science’ for History Day 2022.
• An Englishman in New York
  An online exhibition charting the life of the diplomat, turned artist and writer Valentine Lawford. Recent additions to Lawford’s papers cast new light on Lawford’s creative collaboration with his partner Horst P. Horst and the life they made together as a gay couple in the mid-twentieth century.
• 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
• Antinous in the collection of the Institute of Classical Studies Library
  The blog discusses the books that have been published on Antinous, the lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian
• Archives Portal Europe: the European archival heritage in one click
  Archives Portal Europe allows searches into 1000s of archives from 30+ countries, in 20+ languages, through a simple keyword search - we like to call it the Google of archives. This is a short video presentation of what APE does for #HistoryDay North
• Art, life, love : narratives from the Benedict Nicolson Archive
  Benedict Nicolson (1914-1978) was an art historian and editor of the Burlington Magazine for nearly forty years. Born into an aristocratic but also liberal and bohemian family, and coming of age in the tumultuous interwar period, he encountered unprecedented opportunities and experiences. This display explores Nicolson’s extraordinary life through his archive. Created almost exclusively in a personal capacity, and documenting Nicolson’s relationships with both men and women, the material presents an incredible resource for the study of art history, social history and the history of gender, sex and sexualities.
• Auction Catalogues in the Paul Mellon Centre Library
  The library holds approximately 15,000 auction catalogues, mainly dating from the late nineteenth century onwards, but with some eighteenth and early nineteenth century sales.
• Autograph Letter Collection
  An extraordinary collection of letters to Women’s Service Library (now The Women’s Library) of prominent correspondents dating from 1851 to 1975.
• Autumn in the Archives!
  As History Day takes place during November, let’s explore some archival collections around the theme of ‘Autumn’!
• 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.
• Brian Sewell : an introduction to the archive
  Brian Sewell (1931-2015) was an art historian, art critic, author and media personality. He lead a remarkable life: born in 1931 to a single mother, he studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art and found fame both as Anthony Blunt’s unofficial spokesman following Blunt’s exposure as a Soviet spy and later in his role as daily arts correspondent for the Evening Standard. All his life he felt like an ‘outsider’ – this becoming the title of his published autobiographies – a reference to various aspects of his character and also his sexuality (he described himself as gay). This Sewell Archive, documents almost every part of his life and this display provides an introduction to the collection.
• British LGBTQ+ History Podcast Series, 1800 - Present Day
  This podcast series, produced by the Historical Association, focuses on UK LGBTQ+ history from 1800 until the present day. Episodes feature Dr Matt Cook and Dr Sean Brady of Birkbeck, University of London, Professor Sally R Munt of the University of Sussex and Dr Emma Vickers of the University of Reading.
• Caroline Amy Hutton: a forgotten archaeologist and librarian
  This blog is about Caroline Amy Hutton, who was acting librarian of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies,during WWI
• Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Churchill Archives Centre
  In this online exhibition, we explore the people and events that have shaped our history.
• Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health
  Mixed media archive collection relating to European Commission project, Concerted Action: Assessing AIDS Prevention Strategies (1988 -1991), and follow-up projects, the aim of which was to provide an overview of the different HIV/AIDS prevention activities. Collection includes 734 posters and 6 boxes of ephemera.
• Churchill Archives Centre History Day 2021 podcast: the urban environment
  In this special History Day 2021 podcast, we delve into our social science collections here at Churchill Archives Centre to explore what they can tell us about the urban environment in 1950s London.
• Commemorating D-Day: The Library Collections at IWM
  This blog will look at the commemoration of D-Day through materials held in the Imperial War Museums’ Library collection.