MA Museum Studies Placement Week 7-8
My time now at the University of Leicester Archives and Special Collections has ended, and I am proud of what I have achieved. Through a lot of hard work, I was able to catalogue the Rose Griffiths Collection in its entirety. All 371 items have been looked at, cataloged, and repackaged. I was also able […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Eric Henry Janson Teasdale (1896-1917)
21st January 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the death in action of Lieutenant Eric Henry Janson Teasdale, who at the age of just twenty gave his life during the First World War. Guest post by Sedtin Wan (Development and Alumni Relations Office). Eric Henry Janson Teasdale, Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion serving in the Machine […]
Arthur Edward Davis (1882-1916)
“Mr Davis was educated at Mill Hill School, London. He became a cricketer of distinction and played for Leicestershire. In the great War he joined as a Private the 11th Royal Fusiliers and served in France, where he was killed in 1916”. [ULA HIS/FOU/2, Memorial Portraits Book] As described in a previous post, the University […]
Garth Smithies Taylor (1896-1916)
15 October 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the death in action of Lieutenant Garth Smithies Taylor, a name which many staff and students at the University will have unwittingly passed on numerous occasions when entering the Fielding Johnson Building. The following account of Taylor’s life, death and significance to the University was researched and […]
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