Archival Provenance Project: Emily’s finds TAGS: Archives | students | University History               My name is Emily, and I’m the second of the two archive interns that are currently working on the Dc and Dk collections. I’m a part-time Masters student in …Continue reading →

On trial: Australian Newspapers (1831-2000) TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Australia | databases | Newspapers | primary source Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to Australian Newspapers (1831-2000) part of ProQuest’s Historical Newspapers series, which covers two of the most …Continue reading →

Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts TAGS: Archives | staff | students | University History               My name is Madeleine Reynolds, a fourth year PhD candidate in History of Art. I am fortunate to be one of two successful applicants for the position of Archival …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature and Monumenta Germaniae Historica TAGS: Archives | Books | classics | databases | Latin | Manuscripts | medieval | Medieval history I’m happy to let you know that after a successful trial last year the Library now has access to 2 Brepolis databases: Monumenta Germaniae Historica and Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature. …Continue reading →

On trial: Vanity Fair Archive TAGS: 20th century | 21st century | Archives | cultural history | databases | history | Magazines | periodicals | primary source | social history | United States Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library currently has trial access to the Vanity Fair Magazine Archive from EBSCO, which presents an extensive collection of the popular …Continue reading →

Mysterious Songs from an Arabic Manuscript by Sarah Osama TAGS: Archives The following post has been written by Sarah Osama, who has recently completed an internship looking at our Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia (MIWSA). *Please note that …Continue reading →

New E-resources Trials TAGS: 20th century | 21st century | Archives | Books | cultural history | databases | early medieval | Europe | history | Manuscripts | Newspapers | political history | social history | Spain | Spanish The Library has two new E-resources Trials running following requests from staff in HCA, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: ABC (1903 – 2010) and Codices Vossiani Latini Online. Trial access to both …Continue reading →

Lingerie, Giant Frisbees and Heavy Lifting: Tackling the ITI Collection at Edinburgh University TAGS: appraisal | Archives | Computing | information technology By Abigail Hartley, Appraisal Archivist and Archives Collections Manager Several months ago, my colleague Jasmine Hide and I wrote two introductory posts about our new roles and what they entailed. This …Continue reading →

On trial: East India Company TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Asia | Britain | British Empire | correspondence | databases | economic history | history | India | International Relations | journals | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source Thanks to a request from a member of staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to East India Company: India Office Records from the British Library, 1599-1947 from …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Digital archives on gender and sexuality TAGS: 20th century | Africa | anthropology | Archives | Australia | databases | gender studies | history | LGBT+ studies | LGBTQ history | primary source | sexology | social history | United States I’m happy to let you know that over the summer the Library purchased two digital archive collections that will be of interest to students and staff looking at gender and …Continue reading →