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New blog post:

"Make ’em laugh – a look into the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive" https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/make-em-laugh-a-look-into-the-british-stand-up-comedy-archive/

#EYAHumour #comedy #archives #Kent @archivistodon @histodons

Make 'em laugh - a look into the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive — Explore Your Archive

And the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive (BSUCA) at the University of Kent has it all, from original script notes to audience contributions to live recordings.

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Explore Your Archive Aug 28

Each year we run a "focus week" where we publish blog posts to raise awareness of archives and invite people to share their archive stories on a daily theme on social media. We've just announced this year's themes, which take place in November. We'd love to see people on Mastodon get involved!

29 November #EYAConservation

30 November - #EYABeauty

1 December - #EYAMedieval

2 December - #EYASilence

3 December - #EYAPets

4 Devember - #EYADigital

5 December - #EYAInclusion

6 December - #EYAAnniversaries

7 December - #EYAYourArchives

Explore Your Archive Aug 21

New blog alert!

To mark World Photography Day, the post focuses on the photographic collection of Edward Chambré and Margaret Hardman, held by the The National Trust.
https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/shining-a-light-on-the-photographic-collection-of-edward-chambre-and-margaret-hardman/

#Chambre #Hardman #TheNationalTrust #MargaretMills #photograph #photographs #photography #archives #history #histodons #sunshine #sun #garden #gardens @histodons @archivistodon

Explore Your Archive Aug 5

This month our theme is "humour". Where are your funny archives?

#EYAHumour #humour #archives

Explore Your Archive Aug 4

A Cathedral to Nature: The Archives of the Natural History Museum https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/a-cathedral-to-nature-the-archives-of-the-natural-history-museum/

For July’s ‘Nature’ theme we at EYA approached Rebecca Keddie, Assistant Archivist at the Natural History Museum, to find out what specimens The NHM holds tucked away in the archives. What follows is a wide and panoramic account touching on various intriguing aspects of the archive collections.

#nautre #EYANature #archives @archivistodon @histodons

A Cathedral to Nature: The Archives of the Natural History Museum — Explore Your Archive

An overview of the collections of The Natural History Museum Archive, providing insights into a range of fascinating topics.

Explore Your Archive

Explore Your Archive Jul 30

New blog post from us! This one's from the National Trust for Scotland https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/nature-beauty-and-heritage-for-everyone-the-archives-of-the-national-trust-for-scotland/

#archvies #heritage #Scotland #Scottish #history @histodons #glam #EYANature

Nature, beauty and heritage for everyone: The archives of the National Trust for Scotland — Explore Your Archive

We’re offering a peek behind the scenes of just how we support the Trust in protecting Scotland’s nature, beauty, and heritage for everyone.

Explore Your Archive

Explore Your Archive Jul 22

Explore Your Archive Jul 16

Archivists and historians and everyone else! Share your archive stories relating to the theme of nature. We love to read and share them

#EYANature #nature

Explore Your Archive Jul 22

Explore Your Archive Jul 16

New blog alert: https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/putting-egypt-on-the-map-frederik-ludvig-nordens-travels-in-egypt-and-nubia/

Ruth Gooding, Special Collections Librarian at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David gives insight into the travel account and illustrations produced by Frederik Ludvig Norden in his book Travels in Egypt and Nubia (1757).

#Egypt #wales #Norden #nubia #archives #archivists @histodons #travel #travels #history #histodons #travelling #EYATravel @archivistodon

Explore Your Archive Jul 22

daniel Jul 22

Our library has just launched a fellowship scheme where we’ll pay up to £5,000 to support a researcher to come work on a project using our archives (on site, London, UK).

All info, including eligibility criteria and application details here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/whats-on/lse-library-fellowships

I'm supervising the politics fellowships, where proposals should be on one of the following themes:

(1/3)

@academicchatter @histodons @archivistodon

LSE Library Fellowships

Apply for our funded six week research fellowship designed to support researchers wanting to use our unique archives and special collections.

London School of Economics and Political Science

Explore Your Archive Jul 16

Archivists and historians and everyone else! Share your archive stories relating to the theme of nature. We love to read and share them

#EYANature #nature

Explore Your Archive	https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/
ARA (Archives and Records Association)	https://www.archives.org.uk/