Farewell to Changi
(Above image – ‘Air Raids’ by Robert Harper, RCMS 103/3/12) After 21 months I have come to the end of my role as project conservator […]
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Under the Microscope – Preliminary Investigations of the Changi Archive Conservation Research Project
You may have seen here that in May this year I was awarded a Research Bursary from the Wellcome Trust. The award means that I am […]
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The History and Conservation of the John Weekley Changi Archives
The Changi project team have finished a major conservation challenge, the archives of John Weekley. In this post John Cardwell, Project Archivist and Emma Nichols, […]
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Christmas in Changi – The Result!
By Mary French and Emma Nichols Happy New Year from the Changi Conservators! Do you remember the Christmas Quiz from the Changi Guardian that we posed […]
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Christmas in Changi
by Emma Nichols and Mary French Seasons Greetings from the Changi Archive Conservators! As we prepare to celebrate the holiday season at home with family […]
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Conservation Challenges posed by the Changi Archive
by Emma Nichols and Mary French The conservation of the WWII Changi civilian internment camp archives is being undertaken by two conservators, Emma Nichols and Mary […]
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Conservation of the Lewis-Gibson Collection: re-treatment of manuscript fragments from the Cairo Genizah
by Mary French, Rebecca Goldie and Emma Nichols Cambridge University Library (the UL) contains the largest collection of medieval Jewish writings in the world. Around […]
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Conservation of Indian miniatures
The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) collections in Cambridge University Library contain a very attractive collection of nineteenth century Indian mica paintings from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil […]
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