This week we are thinking of books as children around the
country dress up for World Book Day. Below are images from our fascinating
collection of early printed books and manuscripts, dating
from the early 16th to the 19th centuries.
Tuesday 3 March 2020
Archive love
14 February 2020
14 February 2020
On Valentine’s Day, something I love about working in the
archive. I love holding original documents which bring history to life in a way
simply reading about something in a book could not. This is a letter sent to
Bishop Grant by Florence Nightingale from the Crimean war.
Harry Potter and the archive store
6 February 2020
6 February 2020
On Harry Potter Book Night, a photo of the archive office
who’s old fashioned library shelves spark comments of how the room is, “like
something from Harry Potter.” The archive will soon be moving to more modern
storage leaving this room to be restored.
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