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- Bundles of fun!The Shibden Hall collection comprises of 264 boxes of archives which date from the 13th century to 1933. It is a popular collection with many researchers and an awful lot … Continue reading Bundles of fun!
- New Exhibition at Leeds – Sailing Through History
Although inland, Leeds Archive surprisingly holds a wide variety of nautical themed records across its collections. In a new exhibition at the Leeds archive a range of these records, such … Continue reading New Exhibition at Leeds – Sailing Through History - Christmas Gift Ideas
Christmas is almost upon us and if you are anything like this writer, the panic of not knowing what to get anyone is starting to take hold. Before the seasonal … Continue reading Christmas Gift Ideas - The Diary of Ensign John Carter
Thanks to our guest blogger, Emily Pomeroy, who wrote this piece as part of the MA module HIST5020M Making History: Archive Collaborations at the University of Leeds. John Carter Ensign … Continue reading The Diary of Ensign John Carter - Ghostly Goings-On at the Calderdale Office
All the leaves are brown, and the skies are grey. The season is turning and the nights are drawing in, so in the run up to Halloween we at the … Continue reading Ghostly Goings-On at the Calderdale Office - Anne Lister – Commemorating the 182nd anniversary of her death.
Thursday 22nd September 2022 marks the 182nd anniversary of the death of Anne Lister. To mark the occasion in this blog post we will be looking back at Anne’s life … Continue reading Anne Lister – Commemorating the 182nd anniversary of her death.
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