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Library & Archive Blog – Do you know your fossils?
This week we have a guest Blogger. Star is on work experience for the week and has an interest in...
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Library & Archive Blog – Do you know about witch posts?
I have a guest writer on this Blog. Imogen has joined me from Scarborough Sixth Form on Work Experience. Enjoy...
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Library & Archive Blog – Roll Up! Roll Up! The Circus is in town
In the archive there is a large flat box labelled ‘Circus Posters’ (WHI/D2/D2.4/3) which features simple, disposable handbills about 23cm...
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Library & Archives Blog – A Leeds Beckett Students Diary – Book Maintenance & Conservation
28/01/25 Claire Marris (Archive Development Officer) – meeting with Leeds Becket Students regarding the Applied Humanities Project Our first meeting...
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Library & Archives Blog – Let’s guide you round Whitby!
Melissa has been cataloguing our guide book archive onto Axiell and has found amusing articles and adverts. The collection features...
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Library & Archives Blog – Whitby Elections 1869
Charles Graffius (our Archivist) has been adding our ‘green boxes’ onto the Axiell catalogue. This particular box called ‘Whitby Town...
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Our Lasses Exhibition Shortlisted for National Award
The shortlisted nominees have been announced for the annual Museums + Heritage Awards. Whitby Museum’s ‘Our Lasses – Inspirational Women...
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Library & Archives Blog – York Placement students researching diaries & letters
For the second year we have two students from York University working with collections from our Archive. Josie has chosen...
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Library & Archives Blog – Sidney’s stars are shining in our archive
Malcolm, a volunteer, often shows me interesting items that he finds whilst cataloguing collections. This time it is an exquisite...
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Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society AGM
The Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society AGM will be held in the Normanby Room at Whitby Museum at 2pm on...
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Link up with ‘The Link’
More exploring in the archives leads me to our extensive collection of ‘The Link’ magazine; a Parish magazine incorporating the...
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Frank Elgee: The Man of the Moor
“The moors have satisfied my reason, captivated my imagination and elevated my heart.” Frank Elgee When...
