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History of the Plimoth Plantation : containing an account of the voyage of the Mayflower / written by William Bradford ; now reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscript, with an introduction…
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Find out more about a churchwarden presentment bill in which William Brewster, the village postmaster in Scrooby in north Nottinghamshire, was accused of repeating sermons in public without…
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The Authorised Version, otherwise known as the King James Version of the Bible, from Beeston Parish Church dated 1611. (Ref: Special Collection Over.X…
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A selection of photographs taken between 1924 and 1926 during the construction of University Park Campus, showing the lake and Trent Building prior to completion. (Ref:…
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The diaries of William Parsons (c.1809-1881), solicitor of Nottingham. He wrote about his social engagements, often followed by a resolution to live a more sober and serious life, and his…
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Science in sport, or, The pleasures of astronomy, a children’s educational board game from 1804. (Ref: Game x-28, Briggs Collection)
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Map of the Countie of Nottingham described the Earls and Shire Townes there of observed, by John Speed, 1610. Hand coloured, with an inset plan of Nottingham, and the Battle of Stoke Field, and…
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One of several eighteenth century copies of this book, “Robin Hood's Garland: being a complete history of all the notable and merry exploits performed by him and his men, on divers…
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Plaque commemorating the death in service during the First World War of George Evelyn Cowley. Plaques such as these were sent to the next of kin of all servicemen who died during the war.
From…
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Florence Nightingale’s written contribution to this report, published as part of a Command Paper in 1867. Ursula Ackrill, Librarian (Special Collections)
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Florence Nightingale’s contribution to this comprehensive report, compiled by a government-appointed Commission of Enquiry.Ursula Ackrill, Librarian (Special Collections) Recorded February…
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Talk by Dr Jonathan Memel, lecturer in English at Bishop Grosseteste University, given in support of the Florence Nightingale Comes Home project and of the exhibition of the same name. Dr Memel…
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Talk by Dr Richard Bates, postgraduate research fellow on the 'Florence Nightingale Comes Home' project, given in support of the project and of the exhibition of the same name. Dr Bates…
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Introduction to three volumes from the Florence Nightingale Collection: Notes on Nursing by Florence Nightingale; Suggestions for thought to the searchers after truth among the artizans of England,…
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A quick look at a pamphlet from 1837 which tells the story of a gentleman who visits the home of a poor woman and her children and urges the woman to educate her son so that he can read the…
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Originally recorded as part of the Romantic Facts and Fantasies exhibition at Lakeside Arts, on Tuesday 20 August 2019. The years 1780-1840 are sometimes regarded as the ‘golden age of…
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Originally recorded for the Romantic Facts and Fantasies exhibition at Lakeside Arts, Friday 26 July 2019. The early 19th century is often seen a time of invention, creativity and technology.…
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Lunchtime talk for the Romantic Facts and Fantasies exhibition at Lakeside Arts, originally recorded on Tuesday 2 July 2019. Was Lord Byron really ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’, and…
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Meet a few of Nottinghamshire’s fornicators, adulterers and haunters-of-alehouses: the ordinary people brought before Nottingham’s Church Court for moral misconduct and social…
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An introductory talk on Manuscripts and Special Collections, filmed for the Local History and Archaeology Festival 2020.
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Recorded 21 February 2019 as part of the exhibition Sylva: ‘To slowly trace the forest’s shady scene’The world’s
most famous heritage forest, legendary stomping ground of…
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Woodland
history is an important tool in nature conservation. The leading forest
ecologist and historian Dr George Peterken will discuss how historical maps and
records were used to construct the…
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The Changing Nature of Sherwood Forest
Recorded Thursday 21 March as part of the exhibition 'Sylva:
To slowly trace the forest’s
shady scene’
How has
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Paul Crawford, Professor of Health Humanities at the School of Health Sciences, discusses the Florence Nightingale Comes Home Exhibition which marks the bicentenary of her birth.
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Dr Jonathan Memel, co-curator of the Florence Nightingale Comes Home exhibition, discusses one of the items displayed: a jug sold to raise funds to help soldiers and their families in the Crimean War.
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Hayley Cotterill, Senior Archivist at Manuscripts and Special Collections, talks about a document in the Florence Nightingale Comes Home exhibition: a letter from the 5th Duke of Newcastle, Secretary…
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George IV inherited the throne at a time of economic stress and popular political unrest, accompanied by a constitutional crisis over the status of his wife, Queen Caroline. On the bicentenary of…
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Exhibition curator, Dr Richard Gaunt, re-considers the Cato Street Conspiracy, by uncovering its motivation, history and consequences.
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Professor Jeanice Brooks of the University of Southampton, explores how musical materials were used and displayed in the home during Georgian Britain.
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Professor Jeanice Brooks of the University of Southampton explores how musical materials were used and displayed at home during the Georgian Era.
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Academic curator Dr Richard Gaunt discusses George IV's younger brother, Frederick Duke of York - he of the nursery rhyme - in the Georgian Delights exhibition.
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Academic curator Dr Richard Gaunt discusses the heir to the throne, William IV.
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Academic curator Dr Richard Gaunt discusses George IV's daughter and heir apparent Princess Charlotte, and her early death, in the Georgian Delights exhibition.
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Academic curator Dr Richard Gaunt discusses the contemporary legacy of George IV.
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Academic curator Dr Richard Gaunt discusses Queen Caroline and her troubled marriage to George IV in the Georgian Delights exhibition.
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Dr Richard Gaunt discusses some of the items on display in the Georgian Delights exhibition relating to the Duke of Newcastle.
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Academic curator Dr Richard Gaunt discusses Catholic Emancipation which became a key issue for George IV.
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Academic curator Dr Richard Gaunt introduces the virtual tour of the exhibition "Georgian Delights: Life during the reign of George IV (1820-1830)".
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On the evening of 23 February 1820, Bow Street Runners entered a hayloft in Cato Street, London, to arrest a group of armed conspirators who were planning to assassinate the British cabinet at a…
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Dr Nigel Aston of the University of Leicester looks again at the influence and assesses the importance of two much criticised women, Ladies Hertford and Conyngham, in relation to the king's…
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This exhibition ran between 16th December 2016 and 26th March 2017.The exhibition was jointly curated by Professor Georgina Endfield and Dr Lucy Veale of the School of Geography and Manuscripts and…
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Using photographs, marketing materials and business records from the University of Nottingham’s lace and hosiery archive collections, this exhibition explores surviving evidence of the textile…
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Sylva: "To slowly trace the forest's shady scene" ran from 14th December 2018 -7th April 2019 Foresters and felons, poets and poachers, Sylva uncovered the unusual tales of…
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Sylva: "To slowly trace the forest's shady scene" ran from 14th December 2018 -7th April 2019 Foresters and felons, poets and poachers, Sylva uncovered the unusual tales of…
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Sylva: "To slowly trace the forest's shady scene" ran from 14th December 2018 -7th April 2019 Foresters and felons, poets and poachers, Sylva uncovered the unusual tales of…
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Sylva: "To slowly trace the forest's shady scene" ran from 14th December 2018 -7th April 2019 Foresters and felons, poets and poachers, Sylva uncovered the unusual tales of…
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Sylva: "To slowly trace the forest's shady scene" ran from 14th December 2018 -7th April 2019 Foresters and felons, poets and poachers, Sylva uncovered the unusual tales of…
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Sylva: "To slowly trace the forest's shady scene" ran from 14th December 2018 -7th April 2019 Foresters and felons, poets and poachers, Sylva uncovered the unusual tales of…
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Sylva: "To slowly trace the forest's shady scene" ran from 14th December 2018 -7th April 2019 Foresters and felons, poets and poachers, Sylva uncovered the unusual tales of…
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Sylva: "To slowly trace the forest's shady scene" ran from 14th December 2018 -7th April 2019 Foresters and felons, poets and poachers, Sylva uncovered the unusual tales of…
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This exhibition explores sixty years of turbulence and innovation that laid the foundations of our modern world. The East Midlands is one of the heartlands of British Romanticism: Nottinghamshire was…
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This exhibition explores sixty years of turbulence and innovation that laid the foundations of our modern world. The East Midlands is one of the heartlands of British Romanticism: Nottinghamshire was…
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This exhibition explores sixty years of turbulence and innovation that laid the foundations of our modern world. The East Midlands is one of the heartlands of British Romanticism: Nottinghamshire was…
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This exhibition explores sixty years of turbulence and innovation that laid the foundations of our modern world. The East Midlands is one of the heartlands of British Romanticism: Nottinghamshire was…
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This exhibition explores sixty years of turbulence and innovation that laid the foundations of our modern world. The East Midlands is one of the heartlands of British Romanticism: Nottinghamshire was…
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This exhibition explores sixty years of turbulence and innovation that laid the foundations of our modern world. The East Midlands is one of the heartlands of British Romanticism: Nottinghamshire was…
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This exhibition explores sixty years of turbulence and innovation that laid the foundations of our modern world. The East Midlands is one of the heartlands of British Romanticism: Nottinghamshire was…
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This exhibition explores sixty years of turbulence and innovation that laid the foundations of our modern world. The East Midlands is one of the heartlands of British Romanticism: Nottinghamshire was…
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A Selection of Elections was curated by Manuscripts and Special Collections and ran in the Weston Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre between 7 September and 2 December 2018. The year 2018 marked the…
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This exhibition ran between 7 September and 2 December 2018. The year 2018 marked the centenary of the first UK general election in which some women were entitled to vote. We celebrated that fact by…
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This exhibition ran between 7 September and 2 December 2018. The year 2018 marked the centenary of the first UK general election in which some women were entitled to vote. We celebrated that fact by…
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This exhibition ran between 7 September and 2 December 2018. The year 2018 marked the centenary of the first UK general election in which some women were entitled to vote. We celebrated that fact by…
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This exhibition ran between 7 September and 2 December 2018. The year 2018 marked the centenary of the first UK general election in which some women were entitled to vote. We celebrated that fact by…
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This exhibition ran between 7 September and 2 December 2018. The year 2018 marked the centenary of the first UK general election in which some women were entitled to vote. We celebrated that fact by…
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Promotional film for the Manuscripts and Special Collections exhibition, 'From Rags to Witches'. Nicholas Blake sings one of Hilaire Beloc's Cautionary Tales. 'From Rags to…
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Promotional film for the Manuscripts and Special Collections exhibition, 'From Rags to Witches'. The film focuses on one of the exhibits, Wonderful Stories for Children by Hans Christian…
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Interview with Kathryn Steenson, curator of the exhibition, 'From Rags to Witches'. Recorded at the exhibition private view on 3rd May 2018. This exhibition ran from 4 May to 26 August…
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Interview with Hayley Cotterill, Senior Archivist in Manuscripts and Special Collections. Recorded at the private view for Manuscripts and Special Collections' exhibition, 'From Rags to…
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Promotional film for the Manuscripts and Special Collections exhibition, 'From Rags to Witches'. The film focuses on one of the exhibits, a collection of fairy stories by Charles Perrault,…
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Promotional film for the Manuscripts and Special Collections exhibition, 'From Rags to Witches'. The film focuses on one of the exhibits, a collection of fairy stories and other tales by…
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Interview with Nottinghamshire artist Carol Adlam, recorded at the private view of Manuscripts and Special Collections' exhibition, 'From Rags to Witches: The Grim Tale of Children's…
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Promotional film for the Manuscripts and Special Collections exhibition, 'From Rags to Witches'. The film focuses on one of the exhibits, an album of sketches and illustrations by Kate…
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Invade…immigrate…integrate…
inspire. The
exhibition
‘Danelaw Saga’ ran from 15th December 2017 to 8th April 2018 and told the
tale of how the Vikings shaped the East…
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Archivist Kathryn Steenson, curator of 'From Rags to Witches: The Grim Tale of Children's Stories', gives a guided tour of the exhibition. This exhibition ran from 4 May to 26 August…
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An introduction to searching, and accessing the 300,000 items from the Manuscripts and Special Collections (MSC) online catalogue at the University of Nottingham. MSC is part of UoN Libraries.Find…
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British imperialism in India was a contentious subject, especially amongst those who actively participated in the imperial project. Drawing on the correspondence of British imperial elites and…
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The military sat at the core of imperial rule in India. Although the army was composed largely of Indian troops, European soldiers were thought to be crucial to maintaining colonial rule. In this…
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Indian clothes and textiles were key items of trade for the British East India Company. Yet clothes were more than just commodities, they symbolized the differences between ruler and ruled. In this…
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One of the Collections Archivists for Manuscripts and Special Collections discusses a volume containing autograph manuscript poems, songs and a play by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester and…
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The bestselling historical novelist Hilda Lewis kept careful track of her public profile and the critical reaction to her books in a fascinating scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, part of her archive…
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The Collections Archivists from Manuscripts and Special Collections discuss material relating to John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, a scrap book belonging to author Hilda Lewis, and the novel The…
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Overview of the Manuscripts and Special Collections exhibition 'Threads of Empire' which ran at Lakeside Arts from 13th April to 27th August 2017. The exhibition was curated by Dr Onni Gust…
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Recording of artists and artwork from Manuscripts and Special Collections exhibition 'Threads of Empire' which ran at Lakeside Arts from 13th April to 27th August 2017. The exhibition was…
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Based on Manuscripts and Special Collections’s extensive archives on colonial India, and including some treasures generously loaned by Nottingham Castle Museum, ‘Threads of Empire’…
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This exhibition drew on papers preserved in the Middleton Collection, the family archive of the Willoughby's of Wollaton Hall, now held by The University of Nottingham. In the history of science…
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Dr Gavin Thomas, zoologist at the University of Sheffield, explores the tree of life of birds with particular focus on the role that natural history collections continue to play in understanding…
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Audio recording of the public lecture 'Insects: Close Up and Personal'. The talk was given in connection with the Manuscripts and Special Collections, Weston Gallery exhibition…
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Audio recording of the lunchtime talk 'Francis Willughby's European Field Trip'. Professor Mark Greengrass, early-modern historian, reconstructs the excitements of Francis…
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Audio recording of the lunchtime talk 'Francis Willughby - His Life and Legacy'. Dr Dorothy Johnston explores the life of Francis Willughby and his significance in the history of…
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Audio recording of lunchtime talk. Professor
Charles Watkins and Dr Ross Balzaretti (University of Nottingham) focus on
the Grand Tour of the Fanshawe sisters who ‘did Europe’ in 1829.…
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Promotional video for "Parchment, Paper and Pixels" iBook from Manuscripts and Special Collections.
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Promotional video for "Parchment, Paper and Pixels" iBook from Manuscripts and Special Collections.
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