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How much do you know about the founders and early benefactors of our University? by Caroline Wessel
To celebrate our Centenary Years, Special Collections would like to share with you new research, which not only paints a picture of the how we were founded, but also the way of life and the connection of local families at that time. Our volunteer researcher, University Court and Centenary Project Board Member Caroline Wessel takes […]
The latest adventures of MS 210
In a follow-up to his previous blog post, The Beast in Me, Museum Studies PhD student Armand De Filippo reports on the most recent adventures of our “Ethiopic Manuscript”, MS 210. Armand’s latest article reflects on the experience of conducting cutting-edge digital imaging work with the manuscript at the British Library, in collaboration with Mnemoscene and […]
![ULA/HIS/FOU/2, Memorial Portraits: Thomas Fielding Johnson [http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll13/id/681]](https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/files/2019/04/ULA_HIS_FOU_2_4-150x150.jpg)
A celebration of 100 years ago today, by Caroline Wessel
On Friday 4 April 1919 Mr Thomas Fielding Johnson purchased the 36-acre site of Leicester’s 5th Northern Base Hospital, where nearly 75,000 injured First World War soldiers had been nursed, as a gift to house the proposed new Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland College. When Dr Astley Clarke, a prime mover in the cause of establishing […]
The beast in me, guest post by Armand De Filippo (Museum Studies)
MS210 is a manuscript held in the Special Collections of the David Wilson Library, University of Leicester. This manuscript is the focus object of a PhD research study being undertaken by Armand De Filippo at the School of Museum Studies and funded by a CSSAH scholarship. Manuscripts are an enduringly popular feature of exhibitions, […]
Florence Rich and Granville School for Girls
On 14 November 1917 The Leicester Daily Post, edited by W. G. Gibbs, published a leader article proposing the foundation of a University College as a war memorial for Leicester and Leicestershire (University of Leicester Archives, ULA/PCB1, p. 1). Among the first to respond in support of the proposal was Miss Florence Rich, the Principal […]
Midwifery training, 1928-1947
This week the appointment of our first Professors of Nursing and Midwifery have been announced by the University. Professor Jayne Marshall joins as Foundation Professor of Midwifery and Professor David Clarke as Foundation Professor of Nursing, as new degree programme are announced in both disciplines. While this will be the first time that midwifery courses have […]
Founding benefactors families event: The Clarkes and the Gees
In collaboration with colleagues from our Development and Alumni Relations Office, Archives and Special Collections recently contributed to an event welcoming to campus the descendants of some of our founding benefactors. I had the pleasure of meeting a group of visitors descended from Astley Clarke (1870-1945) and Harry Simpson Gee (1842-1924). The following is the […]
Who were our first students?
There’s always an extra buzz around campus at this time of year, as we welcome all our new students to the University. With student societies out in force looking for new recruits, there are plenty of opportunities to meet new people, explore new interests, and enjoy all of the excitement that student life has to […]
![Belmont House Society, Meeting at New Parks, 1888 [Isabel C. Ellis, Records of Nineteenth Century Leicester (n.p., 1935), pl. opp. p. 280].](https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/files/2017/09/BelmontHouseSociety-150x150.jpg)
The Belmont House Society and the Founding of the University of Leicester
This post draws on early research carried out as part of a research commission from A Century of Stories, a Heritage Lottery Funded project exploring the individual and shared legacy of the First World War in Leicestershire, run by Leicestershire County Council. The research, which will be completed during the next year, explores the role of […]
Special Collections MA Placement – Charlotte Daynton
Guest post from Charlotte Dayton, MA Museum Studies student working with the Special Collections team for her work placement. Hello, I’m Charlotte and I having been doing a placement with Special Collections in the Library as part of my MA in Museum Studies. The aim of my placement has been to create a learning resource […]
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