By Danny Millum – BLDS Metadata and Discovery Officer Cataloguing on the BLDS Legacy Collection project has now reached Ghana, and we’ve just unearthed a fascinating letter from a dramatic time in that country’s political history. On 30 March 1978…
Monthly Archives: January 2021
‘For security reasons it may not be prudent to unfold where I am’ – Ghana’s 1978 electoral commissioner’s letter from hiding surfaces in the BLDS Legacy collection
Tagged with: Elections, Ghana, Government, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Letters, Politics, Referendum, UNIGOV
Posted in BLDS (British Library for Development Studies), IDS
Posted in BLDS (British Library for Development Studies), IDS
Listening to Sussex’s Special Collections
By Esther Gill – UOSH Project Manager The University of Sussex Special Collections at The Keep archive holds extensive material relating to 20th century literary, political and social history, as well as the history of the University. In amongst the…
Tagged with: Australia, British Library, Copper archive, Oral history, Sound, Ten pound poms
Posted in Special Collections, The Keep, UOSH (Unlocking Our Sound Heritage)
Posted in Special Collections, The Keep, UOSH (Unlocking Our Sound Heritage)
Football, poetry and fables -the surprising features in BLDS African port harbour magazines
By Danny Millum – BLDS Metadata and discovery officer There are many fascinating rabbit holes to explore in the BLDS Legacy Collection, and you often come across them in the most unexpected places. Perhaps this just shows our limited imagination,…
Tagged with: Africa, African history, Cameroon, Cultural history, Football, Industry, Poetry, Ports, Somalia, Tanzania
Posted in BLDS (British Library for Development Studies), IDS
Posted in BLDS (British Library for Development Studies), IDS
Out of the box – a look at our exciting new digital collection on JSTOR
By Rose Lock – Special Collections Supervisor Although there is a great joy and value in holding an original archival document in your hands, for many reasons this is not always possible. At Special Collections we are constantly seeking new…
Tagged with: Archives, German Jewish collection, Ludwig Marx, Mass Observation, Online resources, University of Sussex, Women
Posted in Special Collections, The Keep
Posted in Special Collections, The Keep