Donation from the American Friends of the IHR

As the forthcoming issue of Past and Future details, a donation from the American Friends of the IHR  has enabled the IHR library to purchase a collection of printed sources from the acclaimed (expensive) publisher Pickering & Chatto.  All in all four different...

Collection locations in the refurbished IHR library

Further to our previous post about the IHR library refurbishment plans, we can now give a bit more detail about our initial plans for the library collection locations. About two thirds of the collection can be kept on open access. The remainder will be closed, and we...

New acquisitions in the IHR library

Here is the latest run-down of new additions to the library, based on our recently updated New Books display. Whereas last month’s entry focused on collected correspondence, this time I have picked out some examples of new volumes from some of the many local records...

Senate House Library and the IHR to host History Day

Senate House Library and the Institute of Historical Research are hosting a research event on the 18th of March 2014, as you may have noticed from several tweets in the last month or two. The morning research skills training sessions are, unfortunately, all booked....

Spanish collection highlights: The Spanish Civil War

This post was written for us by library intern Lisa Smoltino. The Spanish Collection at the IHR contains numerous resources for digging in to the complex and multi layered history of Spain.  The collection includes primary sources written in the Spanish, but also a...

Plans for the refurbished IHR library

As described previously, work on the IHR refurbishment is well underway, and we expect to be returning to the Senate House North block in August or September this year. The library will have a smaller footprint than before, but the layout has been carefully planned to...