![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 […]
Welcome New Students!
A warm welcome from Special Collections to new students starting this autumn! Here are my top tips to ease you into university life (with a little help from the University Archives). 1. Don’t lose your student ID! One of the first things issued to you as a new student, use this to […]
Glimpses of the young David Attenborough in the University Archives
It’s well known that David and Richard Attenborough, along with their brother John, spent part of their early lives living on the campus of what was then University College, Leicester. There are stories of Richard locking David in one of the padded cells that remained in the Fielding Johnson Building from when it was a […]
The University’s History Told in Pictures
By Rebecca Couchman-Crook, Archives Assistant The photograph collection from the University of Leicester’s history is now more accessible than ever before! You can view them from the comfort of your sofa by simply visiting Special Collections Online and scrolling down to The University of Leicester Archives. In a move to make our collections easier to find and reach a wider […]
40 years ago: Philip Larkin opens new University library
While repackaging the photograph series in the University Archives recently Rebecca, our intern, spotted that his weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the official opening of the new University Library by Philip Larkin on 27 September 1975. An honorary graduate of the University, the poet was also a former member of its library staff, having joined […]
Ripple: Publication of the Students’ Union
Welcome to our first blog post! The aim of the blog is to expand awareness of the items within our collection and of the resources we have available. As each blog post will be written on an item of interest by a different team member we hope to demonstrate the diversity of the items within […]
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