Category: Library and Archives Blog
Tom Watson: the Other Photographer!
Thomas Watson: ‘the senior professional photographer of England’ This week’s blog is about the Victorian photographer Thomas Watson! Often overshadowed...
Who adopted a baby orphaned elephant?
Having discovered Alice Smales Diaries in our Archive for a previous Blog post, I have come back to the Smales...
West Cliff School Year 5’s discover their Whitby!
On Tuesday June 21st we had a visit from Year 5 pupils from West Cliff School. The pupils arrived at 10...
“Keep Calm and Use Your Head”
D-Day Anniversary Blog 6th June marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. Operation Overlord established a foothold along the...
Dracula is alive!
Well…in paper in the Library May 26th is World Dracula Day. This international holiday commemorates the publication of Bram Stokers...
Laura looks at Goth Culture
One of the prerequisites of the Heritage Lottery Funding was to encourage student placements from York University. These placements are...
Dorothy Ripley inspires our Public History Placement Student
One of the prerequisites of the Heritage Lottery Funding was to encourage student placements from York University. These placements are...
Talking Archives!
Sight Support has been one of my focuses: having invested in both a Clover 7S Handheld Video Magnifier and a...
Meet a Volunteer…Sandra Smith (January 1944 – July 2024)
Sadly, since writing this article Sandra has passed away but her passion lives on in this Blog. She will be...
Plentiful Publications!
In cabinet 18, 19 and 20 we have numerous publications relating to North Yorkshire. These are available for the public...
Michael Stainsby Archive: Castleton School Logs
I have been gathering resources about Castleton School, as they are coming to visit in June, and discovered the ‘Michael...
Ravenscar: The Town That Never Was but is…very interesting!
One of my outreach groups is interested in Ravenscar, so I thought I would have a dig around for information....
