The new Libraries in Leeds online exhibition themed around Journeys showcases some fantastic library and archive collections from across the city #Leeds #Archives #ExploringJourneys

Now live! Anne Lister Diaries 21 and 22. Covering the 1 Dec 1837 to 20 Mar 1839. Go to our online catalogue to read the entries now. Diary 21 - catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/Record.aspx?sr… Diary 22 - catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/Record.aspx?sr… #AnneLister #AnneListerCodebreakers #Calderdale #archives

🎉📚 Here they are! Refresh your summer reading plans! #AnneLister diary transcriptions (Dec 1837 to Mar 1839) posted by West Yorkshire Archive Service - huge ongoing thanks to Jenny, AL transcribers around the world, & the crack checking team 🙏 A new classic of English literature emerges! 💫

In 1852 Robert Walker, his wife and their baby left their home in Leeds and emigrated to Australia, “a strange country sixteen Thousand Miles from Home” but he wrote regularly about his journey. These letters are preserved by West Yorkshire Archive Service More info here librariesinleeds.org/exhibits/the-l…

Our contact details and opening times can be found here - wyjs.org.uk/archive-servic…

We are running two introductory sound production workshops for Adults. You'll need to be able to attend both sessions on Sat 7th Sept & 21st Sept AM The workshops will take inspiration from our Bodies Under the Library? research. Email [email protected] for info.

This morning in the Conservation stream: 'On, off and onwards' with West Yorkshire Archive Service; 'Designing A Resource Efficient Environment for the Museum Store' by The Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture and 'Introducing the Collections Care Toolkit for ARA members' with National Library of Scotland 🎉

Finally in the conservation stream we have two papers, 'Mastering mould in the context of covid and climate change - a case study' from West Yorkshire Archive Service and the fabulously named 'Tripping on (Acetic) Acid' from Royal Armouries!

For @KIRKLEESHODS we're very excited to be working with @HTAFC to celebrate the history of the Club’s famous Leeds Road ground! Join us Wed 11 Sep 9am-12pm @HTAFC to see the original 1910 plans for Leeds Road created by famed stadium architect Archibald Leitch #football #heritage

🔦HODs SPOTLIGHT ON The Story of Waddingtons! Visit West Yorkshire Archive Service for a pop up exhibition on Waddingtons, the Leeds company behind Monopoly and more 📆10-12 Sept.⏰9am-4pm📍WY Archive Services, Nepshaw Lane South, Gildersome, LS27 7JQ🔗zurl.co/5LBD 📸WYAS WYL1164

Join us tomorrow 9am-12pm @HTAFC as we showcase Archibald Leitch’s original 1910 plans for the Club’s Leeds Road ground. We're really looking forward to meeting fans, celebrating the ground's famous history & helping you get started with your own research! bit.ly/3MDfBTR

We are looking forward to joining our friends Dean Clough and Calderdale Libraries for the Crossley Carpets coffee morning tomorrow!

We're open! For Heritage Open Day, we're here at the Wakefield History Centre with our friends Wakefield Libraries to talk and explore all things #maps! We've got talks, original records and family activities until 4pm today. #HeritageOpenDays

We're at West Yorkshire History Centre for #HeritageOpenDays with Wakefield Historical Society Come for a chat about the services on offer or for the talks about historic maps of Wakefield. Thank you for hosting, West Yorkshire Archive Service

We've got a range of maps out today for visitors, but one very special 1823 map of Wakefield where you can walk across Westgate and find the House of Correction, the Cathedral and more! Come and join us today until 4PM - all welcome. Wakefield Historical Society Wakefield Libraries Heritage Open Days

As part of our Heritage Open Day, we've got family activities! Come along and create your own maps - you can take some inspiration from some of our original maps as old as 1755 in our searchroom today until 4PM. Wakefield Libraries Heritage Open Days Wakefield Historical Society

New Anne Lister transcriptions available! The transcriptions of diaries 23 and 24 available now on our online catalogue. bit.ly/Diary_23 bit.ly/Diary_24 We will be celebrating the release all day today on our social media. #AnneListerCodeBreaker #AnneLister

And you can come along and see the exhibition based on his vast collection at the Wakefield History Centre, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 10:00-16:00!

Hosted by TV presenter and author Mary-Ann Ochota we welcome local history buffs to a series of short presentations and a panel discussion with local experts from the University of Leeds, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service and Leeds Archives on the compelling secrets