Reposted from the Mass Observation website By Emily Calcraft Introduction On 12th May 1937 a Day Survey Respondent from Oldham stated: ‘I am not interested in the Coronation and regard all the fuss as artificial and irrational’. In May 2023,…
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The Jeremy Hutchinson QC archive: Britain’s foremost criminal barrister
By Alexander Taylor Hello, it’s Alexander with the second in a series of three blog posts on the Jeremy Hutchinson QC archive. This one will highlight Jeremy’s illustrious career at the Bar as one of Britain’s most formidable advocates. The…
The Papers of St John and Mary Hutchinson from The Jeremy Hutchinson QC Archive
My name is Alexander Taylor, and I am the Project Archivist working on cataloguing, preserving, and making available the Jeremy Hutchinson QC archive. The collection comprises records from Jeremy and his family’s personal and professional lives. This article will comprise the first in a series of 3 blog posts examining the collection in its entirety, with the first focusing on the uncatalogued personal papers of Jeremy’s parents, St John Hutchinson, a prominent defence barrister, and Mary Hutchinson (née Barnes), a short-story writer and model.
100 years of Radio Times: Celebrating a century of Christmas covers
By Lindsay Crook There aren’t many magazine publications that can claim they are 100 years old, but the Radio Times achieved this incredible milestone in 2023. The Keep holds an extensive collection of the periodical – the world’s first ever…
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
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Posted in 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
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Posted in Special Collections, The Keep