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Putting Egypt on the map: Frederik Ludvig Norden’s Travels in Egypt and Nubia

This month at EYA we are celebrating #Travel. Ruth Gooding, Special Collections Librarian at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David gives […]

Exploring the Atlantic with Frank White

To link to this month’s theme of #EYATravel, Kat from the Bank of England Archive highlights an unusual travel record held in […]

Photographic Collections at the National Fairground and Circus Archive

For May’s theme of Fun and Games we reached out to the National Fairground and Circus Archive for an insight into their […]

Grace McIntosh: The Life of a Victorian Criminal

To round off this month’s theme of #EYAJustice, Phil from Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives takes us on a journey to trace […]

Women in the Early Years of the British School at AthensĀ 

Dr Rachel E. Phillips | A.G. Leventis Fellow in Hellenic Studies  March shines a spotlight on Women’s History worldwide. In this blog, […]

Explore Your Archive week with Jane Cameron National Archives

Background to the Jane Cameron National Archives The Jane Cameron National Archives is the National Archives of the Falkland Islands, preserving and […]

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