
Mike Townsend
@mikertownsend
Collection and Metadata librarian @IHR_library. Interested in everything historical, bibliographic and occasionally photographic.
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02-06-2016 21:09:03
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It was great to do a shift on the Institute of Historical Research stall this afternoon. Enjoyed being nosey finding out what people are researching and plus an great enquiry about where we got our purple table cloth from. Thanks to Kate Wilcox and @argula_r, it turned out nicely again.


Think this is one of the best Institute of Historical Research Christmas Trees I've seen.


Ministry of Justice Disastrous to historians to destroy paper copies. Digitized platforms always get outdated and become unusable. You plan therefore will make this information permanently unavailable.


Ministry of Justice Dismayingly irresponsible to destroy original documents when digitized copies are open to hacking? And our view of which individuals are important or famous changes over time. Fifty years ago, who would have thought that Mary Seacole was important or her will worth preserving?

Ukraine, Bulgarien, Lettland – in Osteuropa werden immer mehr sowjetische Denkmäler abgebaut. Über die Hintergründe des Heldensturzes berichtet Cathrin Kahlweit #SZPlus sz.de/1.6323063?utm_…


Papers of journalist & writer Zenka Bartek (1912-1997) have just arrived in #LGBTQ+ #archives Bishopsgate Institute detailing her life with long-term partner Countess Judith Karolyi & friends such as Quentin Crisp, T.S. Eliot, Brigid Brophy & A.L. Barker. Available now!


Please help protest against these cuts to Languages and Literature at the University of Surrey. SupportSurreySLL Support Our Surrey Campaign - Sign the Petition! chng.it/nFpm8Wxy via Change.org UK





How do you research History when you're no longer at University? With the help of you folks, I compiled this list. Happy researching. (Plus! Bonus picture of my sister's cat looking utterly happy to be exactly where he is in the preview picture.) katherineweikert.co.uk/post/researchi…