**The Festival of Mistakes at the Bank of England** Big event announcement! Join us in-person or online on 18 May. linkedin.com/posts/library-…

In 1886 the Manchester Ship Canal Company was formed to build a 35 mile long canal from the River Mersey at Eastham to Manchester. View the prospectus for an issue made in 1887 to finance its construction. #IndustrialHeritageMonth baring.access.preservica.com/archive/sdb:de…

Many documents relating to railways can be found in the #BaringArchive and quite a few can be accessed via our Digitised Collections. Discover more at baringarchive.org.uk/fromthearchive… #RailwayHistory

Discover how a file in the #BaringArchive provides a snapshot of the British ship building industry in the late 1860s with details of ships built in Dumbarton, Stockton-on-Tees, London, Glasgow, Renfrew and Poole baringarchive.org.uk/fromthearchive…

As holiday season begins discover a set of letters in the Baring Archive that sheds light on how Joshua Bates, one of Barings' Victorian partners, spent his summer holidays up on the Yorkshire coast at Scarborough.🌞🌊🚂 baringarchive.org.uk/fromthearchive… #Scarborough #SeaSide #Victorians

The theme of travel continues in the #BaringArchive's latest #FromtheArchives post: a 1903 letter from a wealthy American client gives some insight into her travels and lays a trail that leads to a Japanese tea house recreated in Upstate New York. baringarchive.org.uk/fromthearchive…

This week marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first women to work at Barings. Find out more about these pioneering women in our online exhibition at baringarchive.org.uk/exhibition/the… #HERstory #womenshistory

Great to welcome Gustav Ängeby to the #BaringArchive this week. Gustav is a PhD student from Stockholm University and is researching the role of Scandinavians in global trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Last month the #BaringArchive held an academic workshop. We were delighted to hear more about how researchers have been using the archive for topics ranging from Anglo-Japanese relations to the making of global financial networks. Find out more at baringarchive.org.uk/news/

On #InternationalWomensDay read about the first women to work at Barings in our online exhibition at baringarchive.org.uk/exhibition/the… #HERstory #womenshistory

Congratulations to @ka_peacock who recently won the 🏆New Researcher Poster Prize🏆at the 2024 Economic History Society conference for her presentation on women white collar employment during WW1. Well done Kirsty! 🤩#BaringArchive Open-Oxford-Cambridge DTP baringarchive.org.uk/kirsty-peacock…

Applications are now being accepted for our Bursary for Business History Research. This bursary provides support for researchers to access business archives with awards up to £1000. For more info and how to apply please see businessarchivescouncil.org.uk/activitiesobje…

Great to have Simon Lough visit the ⁦The Baring Archive⁩ today!Simon was looking at reports written by his great grandfather Sir William Bisset who was asked by Barings to research Japanese Railways in the early 1900s.

CALL FOR PAPERS: International Conference on Cross-Border Payments in Historical Perspective Global Correspondent Banking 1870-2000 Oxford Economic & Social History 27-28 Mar 2025 in Oxford. Deadline: 29 Nov 2024 Financial History Network EHA Economic History Society European Historical Economics Society glocobank.web.ox.ac.uk/article/call-p…

Join Us to Discuss Financial Stability Issues! #2025eabhParis Join our meeting to explore the historical evolution of public debt: from ancient civilisations to modern warfare financing! Apply now: bankinghistory.org/wp-content/upl… Finance & History Marie Laperdrix Monnaie de Paris