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
‘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
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…
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
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