This blog was written in October by Lara Short, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at the IHR Library. I graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London with BA History in 2023. During my studies, I undertook several archive and heritage internships which sparked my interest in the possibility of a career in information and records management. When […] The post First Term as an IHR Library Graduate Trainee appeared first on On History ..read more

In October 2024, we shared a Victoria County History Ghost Story here on the IHR On History blog, in homage to the 120th anniversary of the publication of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James and the early history of the VCH. We invited you to share your own VCH / historical ghost stories. […] The post Another Ghost Story: Revd Dr Stapleton and Mr Thring appeared first on On History ..read more

Lucy McCormick recently completed a summer internship at the IHR, in which she focused on representations of social class in the Bibliography of British and Irish History. In this blog, she explores how anti-suffragists weaponised emotion in relation to politicised spaces in mid-Victorian Britain – and how suffragists tactfully renegotiated such links between emotion, space, […] The post Emotion and Space in the Mid-Victorian Women’s Suffrage Movement in the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) appeared first on On History ..read more

This blog post was written by BBIH user Gordon McKelvie. History lecturers need to see the BBIH as more than a convenient tool for updating reading lists. Using the example of revolts through English history, this blog uses BBIH to produce data that can frame classroom discussions about wider historiographical trends. The Bibliography of British […] The post Using Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) Data to Stimulate Classroom Discussion: The Case of the Peasants’ Revolt  appeared first on On History ..read more

IHR London Summer School Here in the IHR, we’re in the thick of preparations for our 2025 IHR London Summer School – this time, on the theme of ‘Rebels’.  From medieval uprisings to religious dissent and political subversion, from radicals and visionaries to punk, placards and protests… We’ll be hearing from expert speakers, enjoying special […] The post From Rivers… to Rebels appeared first on On History ..read more

Katherine Chapman, History Day 2024 intern, reflects on her contribution to the 10th anniversary event The post What did you discover? Reflections on History Day 2024 appeared first on On History ..read more

With the nights drawing in, it’s the season for storytelling. This curious and disconcerting letter was found recently in the archive of the Victoria County History of England (addressed to then-General Editor, William Page) and is published here for the first time. Some identifying details have been redacted.                                                  ..read more

What’s new in BBIH?   The October 2024 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds 4,622 new publications. The new update includes books, journal articles, book chapters and edited collections covering all areas of British and Irish history, from 55 BCE to the present day.   These updates bring the total number of BBIH […] The post Bibliography of British and Irish History October 2024 update  appeared first on On History ..read more

In this second of two blog posts, Anne-Marie Harvatt, VCH Digitisation Summer Intern 2024, reflects on the challenges and potentials of digitising historical sources. As discussed in the earlier of these posts, digitising a VCH Big Red Book is far from straightforward and in many ways the experience is a microcosm for the digitisation of […] The post Digitising Red Books: the rigours and rewards of increasing online access to Victoria County History volumes (Part 2) appeared first on On History ..read more

In this blog post, Anne-Marie Harvatt, VCH Digitisation Summer Intern 2024, reflects on the process of digitising VCH volumes for British History Online.   My time as an intern at the IHR, working on one small part of the process of preparing Victoria County History volumes (non-born-digital historical sources) to be accessible online, has been […] The post Digitising Red Books: the rigours and rewards of increasing online access to Victoria County History volumes (Part 1) appeared first on On History ..read more