By Richard Wragg – Collections Manager For the last few months, the Collections Team have been meeting for a reading group. The texts we have chosen to discuss have all had a focus on decolonisation, equality and diversity. The reading…
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12th May 2020 an introduction to the diaries
By Chloe Daniel – Mass Observation Archive Assistant 23 March, 2020. The country, along with life as we knew it, stopped. School’s out. Non-essential shopping is no longer permitted. Gatherings involving more than two people now prohibited. You may only…
Tagged with: 12th May, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Diaries, Lockdown
Posted in MO (Mass Observation), The Keep
Posted in MO (Mass Observation), The Keep
Telling the time and temporal rhythms
Evidence from the MOA Autumn 2017 directive One-day diary: organising and experiencing time By Clare Holdsworth, Keele University Writing a one-day diary is a key activity of being a MOA correspondent. One-day diaries are often used in directives, including the…
Plans… remember those? A look at the architectural plans of the University of Sussex
By Karen Watson – Special Collections Archivist Plans. It’s a bit tricky to make any at the moment. Luckily that wasn’t the case when the University of Sussex was commissioning new buildings and renovating student residences over the past 50…
A Taste of History – Travelling back in time through recipes and Mass Observation
By Dr Stella Sims In this video project I recreate recipes taken from, or inspired by 1941 food diaries held at the Mass Observation Archive, going back in time to a moment in history to cook and taste what someone…
Tagged with: Diaries, Dr Stella Sims, Food, Mass Observation, Rationing, Second World War
Posted in MO (Mass Observation), Special Collections, The Keep
Posted in MO (Mass Observation), Special Collections, The Keep
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)
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
Chloe Dobson: my favourite online collections
By Chloe Dobson – Collection Development Librarian Part of our role in Collection Development is to find online resources which support the teaching of the University. I am going to be highlighting two of my favourites in this week’s blog…
Tagged with: Advertising, Children, Cultural history, Magazine's, Online resources, Social history, Women, Women in history
Posted in Collection Development, Special Collections, The Keep
Posted in Collection Development, Special Collections, The Keep
Silk, society and scandal: the archive of Jeremy Hutchinson QC
By Richard Wragg – University of Sussex Library Collections Manager We are pleased to announce that the archive of Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington QC (1915 – 2017), was allocated to the University of Sussex earlier this year through…
Tagged with: Archives, D.H. Lawrence, Jeremy Hutchinson, Lady Chatterley's lover, Law, The Bloomsbury group
Posted in Special Collections, The Keep
Posted in Special Collections, The Keep