Guest post from Yineng Zhu, Andrew Permain and Joe Searle, MA Museum Studies students working with the Archives & Special Collections team. Yineng Hello, I’m Yineng Zhu. Over the last two weeks, I edited the Library history timeline to make it more specific and convincing. I also scanned some photographs and documents for the timeline […]
Guest post from Yineng Zhu, Andrew Permain and Joe Searle, MA Museum Studies students working with the Archives & Special Collections team. Yineng Hello, I’m Yineng Zhu and I have been doing a placement with Special Collections in the Library as part of my MA in Museum Studies. My project is about the University Library’s history. […]
The University records manager, David Jenkins, and I (Vicky Holmes, University Archivist) thought we’d take the opportunity to flag up IAD18 and explain a bit about what we do all day! On the 9th of June 1948, the International Council on Archives was created under the auspices of the UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Among the items held in the University of Leicester Institutional Archives are a series of Press Cuttings. Compiled from 1922 to the present day they consist of articles taken from the local press, mainly the Leicester Mercury, though articles from national newspapers and occasionally journals are included. As Library Assistant in Archives and Special Collections […]
By Megan Jeans, Accelerate Your Career graduate programme. As a recent graduate of Contemporary History from the University of Leicester, I have had to consider what to do with my degree – a somewhat arduous task that befalls many a graduate. After, debating my career path, I set my sights on what I enjoyed […]
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 […]
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