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October 3, 2023
Under the Skin: Studies in Parchment TAGS: analysis of parchment | conservation of parchment | identification of parchment | National Archives | under the skin studies in parchment | x-ray This week’s blog comes from Special Collections Conservator, Emily, who recently took part in a training event in London on the conservation of parchment. This is the first in a …Continue reading →
Trial – Macmillan Cabinet Papers 1957-1963 TAGS: Adam Matthew | database | history | Macmillan Cabinet Papers | National Archives | Politics We have trial access to the Macmillan Cabinet Papers 1957-1963 until the 19th February. Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963 provides complete coverage of the Cabinet conclusions (minutes) (CAB 128) and memoranda …Continue reading →
A Scottish Witness of the Great Kantō Earthquake
To mark the centenary of the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923, we are publishing a...
Come Hither: Walter de la Mare and the Young of All Ages
The English writer Walter de la Mare was born 150 years ago this week on...
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...
