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Category: Featured Archives

Archives across the UK and Ireland tell you about what they hold and what they do with it.

May 4, 2022September 23, 2022Archives In Focus, Featured Archives, Uncategorized

Glasgow Women’s Library

A new project set to interpret and safeguard the Glasgow Women’s Library

March 9, 2022September 23, 2022Archives In Focus, Featured Archives, Uncategorized

The Women’s Library at LSE

Etching of two women in African clothing holding hands with map underneath and text beside them

A comprehensive collection of the history of women empowerment groups.

November 1, 2021August 26, 2022Featured Archives, Uncategorized

The fascinating history of a little book of alphabet rhymes published in 1667

The history of ‘A Guide for the Childe and Youth’ unearthed by Archive Work Placement at Keele University Library.

September 6, 2021February 21, 2022Featured Archives

Archives in Focus: Armagh Robinson Library

old hand drawn map with terrain

Armagh Robinson Library is the oldest public library in Northern Ireland. It was established 250 years ago, in 1771, by Richard Robinson, Archbishop of Armagh and […]

July 5, 2021September 8, 2022Featured Archives

Archive in Focus: The Cuala Press: a female led industry

For this month’s blog, Ciara Daly, from Trinity College, Dublin, discusses the Cuala Press Collection.  The Cuala Press Project has been contributing to the […]

June 7, 2021February 21, 2022Featured Archives, Uncategorized

In Focus: Asylum Archive

This month’s ‘In Focus’ blog looks at the Asylum Archive, a living exhibition of accumulated artefacts, oral histories and photography that reflect […]

May 3, 2021September 8, 2022Featured Archives

Archive in Focus: The Irish Traditional Music Archive

This month’s Archive in Focus blog explores the fantastic work done by the Irish Traditional Music Archive to collect material from all […]

April 5, 2021February 23, 2022Featured Archives

In Focus: Historic Environment Scotland

For this month’s ‘In Focus’ blog Frederick Alexander from Historic Environment Scotland introduces the recently completely digital project “Beyond the Phyiscal: Future […]

March 1, 2021February 23, 2022Featured Archives

In Focus: North East Wales Archives

For this month’s ‘In Focus’ blog, Sarah Roberts from North East Wales Archives joins us to highlight their Women Rediscovered project. Explore […]

February 1, 2021September 8, 2022Featured Archives

Wolverhampton City Archive collates material of Punjabi migration to the city

Archival photo. A family group of Pubjabi descent stands outside a sandstone building. In the centre, the bride and groom wear traditional silk flower garlands.

For this month’s ‘In Focus’ blog, Heidi McIntosh of Wolverhampton City Archives joins us to introduce the Apna Heritage Archive. Working from […]

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