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April 18, 2024
On trial: Secret Files from World Wars to Cold Wars TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | Cold War | databases | government papers | history | International Relations | official documents | primary source | Spanish Civil War | World War Two Following a successful trial towards the end of last academic year I’m pleased to let you know that we’ve been allowed trial access again to Secret Files from World Wars …Continue reading →
Spotlight on Archives Unbound TAGS: databases | First World War | gender studies | history | International Relations | Politics | primary source | Spanish Civil War | Spotlight on | World War Two | WWI | WWII This is the second in a (very) occasional series highlighting some of the online resources available at the Library that will be of interest to students and staff in History, …Continue reading →
Edinburgh University Students in Spain TAGS: alumni | Spanish Civil War | students It is 80 years since the Spanish Civil War broke out. Unlike both World Wars, we have no record of University of Edinburgh students who fought (and died) in Spain …Continue reading →
Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts
My name is Madeleine Reynolds, a fourth year PhD candidate in History of Art....
Rediscovering the Poetry of Louisa Agnes Czarnecki, a 19th-Century Edinburgh Writer and Musician
Today we are publishing a blog by Ash Mowat, a volunteer in the Civic Engagement...
Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings
In the first post of this two part series, our Collection Care Technician, Robyn Rogers,...
The Book Surgery Part 2: Bringing Everything Together
In this blog, Project Conservator Mhairi Boyle her second day of in-situ book conservation training...
