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Tag Archives: history
To ‘shee’ and not to ‘ski’? That was the question…
…puzzling winter sports enthusiasts in 1928. Ski Club of Great Britain (SCGB) member Mr. G. D. Greenland was so concerned that he raised the matter in a meeting. The meeting minutes, which are preserved in the SCGB archive held by … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Archives, availability, Skiing, Special Collections, sports
Tagged archives, cataloguing, history, skiing, sports, winter sports
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Chic Parisien fashion magazine
Work has been underway in the Archive to improve some existing catalogue descriptions that needed a little more detail. One of the descriptions that has been improved is F/002: Chic Parisien fashion plates. This beautiful set of plates appears to date … Continue reading
Royal Photographic Society visit
On Tuesday we hosted a visit from members of the Royal Photographic Society. I laid out a display of some of the varied resources for photographic history held in Special Collections, and Dr Kelley Wilder from the Photographic History Research … Continue reading
New Archives Display in Kimberlin Library
A selection of material from the Archives has gone on exhibition in the staircase display case (leading down to the lower ground floor). The theme is ‘Did You Know’ and the exhibition examines some lesser-known facts about DMU history. For example, did … Continue reading
Then and Now
I was chatting to a researcher recently about how learning about local history has changed his perceptions. Walking around Leicester he sees unfolding around him the city he has read about and seen in old photographs and maps: a building rises … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Clephan, factories, heritage, history, hosiery
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