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Find out more about history collections and History Day. The History Collections website and the annual History Day are a collaborative initiative of the Institute of Historical Research and Senate House Library alongside members of the History Research Libraries Committee.
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The post Exquisite Corpse: How did corpses become beautiful? An iconographic wild ride from the danse macabre to Corpse Bride. appeared first on History Collections ..read more
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The post History in the Making – Beilby Porteus and the Abolition of Slavery appeared first on History Collections ..read more
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The post Discover More Online: Spotlighting Virtual Contributions for History Day 2024 appeared first on History Collections ..read more
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The post What will you Discover? Behind the Scenes at History Day 2024 appeared first on History Collections ..read more
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History Day brings together people and collections. It’s the perfect opportunity to catch up with the latest collection-based projects and meet with like-minded people. 2024 is the 10th anniversary of History Day and in this blog post, we have invited colleagues to reflect on the event. “Looking back, I don’t think people quite knew what […]
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History Collections Blog
1y ago
On 23 November, Senate House Library and the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) hosted History Day 2023. History Day is a free annual event bringing together students, researchers and anyone with an interest in history with collections professionals from galleries, libraries, archives, museums and research organisations. This year 64 organisations joined us to celebrate and explore library, museum, archive and history collections from across the UK and beyond. After being held online-only for the past few years, the event was held in-person on the ground and first floors of Senate House fo ..read more
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1y ago
This blog post was written by Jane Rosen and Dominic Hewett, Research Support Librarians at IWM London, for History Day 2023 and explores library material relating to the IWM’s current exhibition
IWM’s new exhibition Spies, Lies and Deception opened in October with audience expectations of James Bond martinis and inventive car chases, or the love affairs of Sidney Reilly. The reality is perhaps more George Smiley, and the exhibition covers more than the standard Philby, Burgess, and Maclean material. Indeed, it covers more than conventional spying.
Alongside the spies and the secret ..read more
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1y ago
This blog post was written by Kaili Smith and Charlotte Willsmore, Research Support Librarians at IWM London, for History Day 2023 and explores library material relating to the IWM’s current exhibition
In May 2023, the Imperial War Museums (IWM) opened the exhibition Northern Ireland: Living with the Troubles. The exhibition was created to inform visitors about the 30-year conflict that took place in Northern Ireland between the 1960s and 1990s. The story of this conflict is complex, and many aspects remain unresolved and highly contested to this day. When visiting this exhibit visitors can en ..read more