History Day

Items

• Meet the Maker: Dean Morris
  Exploring LGBTQ+ greetings card design with Dean Morris and the Gay Pride Shop in Manchester.
• Meet the Maker: Sofie Birkin
  Meet the illustrator behind the Royal Mail stamps that celebrated 50 years of Pride in the UK.
• New Books in the IHR Library: Queer History
  This blog post was written by Lara Short, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at the Institute of Historical Research, in March 2025, in connection with LGBTQ+ History Month.
• NHS 75: Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service
  The history of the NHS in our collections
• NLGS (National Lesbian and Gay Survey)
  In 1986, Kenneth Barrow, inspired by his membership of the writing panel for Mass Observation, launched a Mass Observation-style project to collect autobiographical reports from gay men and women. The Survey's aim was archival: to gather material which would enable researchers of the future to understand what it meant to live as a homosexual in the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries. A quarterly Directive suggests areas which participants should address. Responses have documented personal stories related to coming out, homosexuality and the law, and the impact of HIV and AIDS. Other Directives asked the participants to write about historical or political subjects, such as: the general election and the death of Princess Diana.
• Peace and Internationalism
  This page highlights LSE Library's collections on peace and internationalism
• Royal College of Surgeons of England’s Voices of Surgery: Our New Oral History Project
  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.
• SOAS Library Book Display Video: 'Beyond a Ban: Queer Voices Uncensored'
  In celebration of the Queer History and Heritage Trail, this video showcases how SOAS Library recently promoted its Gender Studies collections through a banned book display: 'Beyond a Ban: Queer Voices Uncensored'.
• Spoonful of sugar: hospital food and medicine
  This online exhibition explores the history of hospital food and medicine
• Stories of the Internet from the pioneers who made it happen
  Looking through our archive we can map many of the internet’s significant developments from initial ideas to tests as well as its commercialisation, initial uses and benefits and risks to society. Pioneers Vint Cerf, Peter Kirstein and Jim Norton have all been recorded by AIT about their work on packet switching and the emergence of the internet and A Michael Noll on its commercialisation. We also have interviews with internet entrepreneur Eva Pascoe, who encapsulates the pioneering spirit of the first internet teachers and users and with Professor Bill Dutton, who was the founding director of the Oxford Internet Institute, a research centre focusing on the societal opportunities and challenges posed by the internet.
• Storytelling from the Kate Adie Collection - University of Sunderland
  The Kate Adie Collection has now been catalogued as a result of funding from Archives Revealed. This has allowed us to discover, uncover and tell the story of Kate's career in journalism, witnessing and reporting from some of the key global events of the second half of the twentieth century. The stories Kate uncovered and which her archive tells are already inspiring research, community projects and interest in archives and recent history.
• The great leveller: humanity’s struggle against infectious disease:
  This exhibition outlines the efforts of various medical practitioners to eradicate a selection of infectious diseases, reflecting the leading role which King’s has long played in medical research and, more recently, in the history of medicine and science.
• The Hall-Carpenter Archives: LGBT+ collections at LSE
  Explore our archives and other sources relating to LGBT+ history. LSE Library has been home to the Hall-Carpenter Archives since 1988. It’s an extensive collection of archives, ephemera and printed material documenting the development of gay activism in the UK since the 1950s. The Hall-Carpenter Archives at LSE continues to grow and evolve. We welcome all who wish to visit and use this unique and historically valuable resource.
• The History of IT – A Timeline
  Significant Events in the history of IT and Tech in the UK
• The Linnean Society of London in Burlington House
  This video explains the history of the Linnean Society, and its home, Burlington House Originally in the hands of the Cavendish family, Burlington House on London’s Piccadilly has been the location of the Linnean Society since 1856, and both the external and internal details of the building reflect the Society’s long history in the study of nature. This video gives a glimpse into how Burlington House became an integral part of the Society’s work, growth and continuing story.
• The Met Office and supercomputers: a timeline
  The Meteorological Office, or Met Office for short, was established in 1854 and issued its first storm warning in 1861. Today it is known as the United Kingdom’s national meteorological service and is at the forefront of critical weather services and world-leading climate science.
• The Story of STEM at De Montfort University: 1884-Present
  In this online course we share here how a small technical college evolved to become thriving Faculties of Health and Life Sciences (HLS) and Computing, Engineering and Media (CEM).
• Treasures of Teesside Archives Exhibition
  This online exhibition displays a selection of the exciting records we hold.
• Tudor Acts: Where the Law and Art Meet
  This post is a personal reflection of Philip Green, Collection Care Assistant, on the work he has carried out while auditing the Parliamentary Archives' flat acts.
• Unlocking North East Jewish Heritage
  The Unlocking North East Jewish Heritage project shares key stories of North East Jewish communities, allowing them to be understood in their geographical, social and civic context.
• View Everyday Technology Firsts (#TechFirsts) from the collections
  Share your memories, pictures and stories of how new technology has transformed people’s lives on this Padlet or on Twitter, using hashtag #TechFirsts.
• Whitby Gazette Articles Dec 2006 - July 2014 - Beth Mead
  A selection of Whitby Gazette articles tracking Beth Mead's rise to selection for the England Football squad from Dec 2006 - July 2014
• Women Artists of the General Post Office
  This gallery explores the works of twelve of the General Post Office's resident poster artists
• Women’s History Month 2025: Celebrating Women’s Voices in the IHR Collections
  This blog was written by Sarah Admans, graduate trainee librarian at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) Wohl Library 2024/25. It has been curated in celebration of Women’s History Month 2025.