‘Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance’: an 1825 proposal of marriage
One of the things that I love most about archives is their ability to bring us closer to those who lived in the past. They […]
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Help for all: alms-giving in 17th century Ely
A family history enquiry recently led me to a fascinating document in the Ely Dean and Chapter (EDC) collection in the Department of Archives and […]
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15th century manorial account roll discovered in clean archives!
Yes, actually ‘discovered’! Unlike some purported discoveries of archives (which are actually fully catalogued and have been available to (and consulted by) users for years), […]
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A roaring success: the inaugural Cambridge Dissertation Fair!
“You can learn about archives you may not have known exist!” This comment on a feedback form handed in at the inaugural Cambridge Special Collections […]
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Dirt, Dust and Dodgy Joists, or, Memoirs of a Determined Archivist
In the last few days I’ve seen quite a bit of discussion on Twitter about the alleged erasure of the role of the archivist and […]
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Reckoning the lost and found: tally sticks re-discovered at the UL
In an institution that’s been collecting archives for centuries it’s almost impossible to know about everything that you hold – therefore there are always lovely […]
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