#newbooks in the HFL House of Commons 1604-1629 and 1820-1832

We have two new sets of quick reference books in the History of Parliament series.   Further details about the books are available from the History of Parliament project website. The links below will take you to their records on the SOLO catalogue. Thrush’s ‘House of Commons 1604-1629′ Fisher’s ‘House of Commons 1820-1832′ These books are [...]

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Save Oxford Medicine Project catalogues papers from the Rhodes House Library

Newly catalogued papers from the Rhodes House Library Three collections of personal papers from the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies have recently been catalogued byt the Save Oxford Medicine Project and made available to researchers. The letters, written by British doctors and nurses working in various parts of Africa in the second half [...]

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Anthony Sampson Project

Following on from the Bodleian’s 2011 Seminar Series: Authorship, Memory & Manuscripts and the information session of 14 February 2011, where archivists Chrissie Webb and Catherine Parker spoke about the papers of Anthony Sampson (1926-2004), herewith some details of the Sampson Project which is now complete. The Sampson Project catalogued the archive of Anthony Sampson, [...]

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Digital Microfilm – new from National Archives – DocumentsOnline

You may be interested in a new TNA initiative: Digital Microfilm. It allows you to search and download some of The National Archives’ most popular records, which were previously available on microfilm. Many of the records are indexes and these may be helpful in locating other relevant records. These records have not been indexed and [...]

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Bodleian Libraries acquire Sir Edward Heath Archive

The Bodleian Libraries, with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) have acquired the archive of former Conservative Prime Minister, Sir Edward Heath (1916-2005).  It comprises almost 1,000 boxes and includes a rich and diverse collection of papers from his time in office, in the shadow cabinet, as well as personal papers from his early life including [...]

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Bodleian Modern Political Papers Information Session 14 Feb 2-5pm

Bodleian archivists will be hosting an information session for Oxford users to explore some recent additions to the Modern Political Papers collections: The papers of Anthony Sampson, writer and journalist (1926-2004) Chrissie Webb and Catherine Parker, Project Archivists The papers of Edmund Dell, historian, politician and businessman (1921-99) Elinor Robinson, Project Archivist Access to digital [...]

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