History Day 2022
Now in its ninth year, this free one-day event aims to bring together students, researchers, and anyone with an interest in history, with information professionals from libraries, archives and research organisations. Inspired by this year’s Being Human Festival theme...
At home and in the classroom: histories of science and technology in the IHR Library
This blog post was written by Michael Townsend, Collections and Metadata Librarian at the Institute of Historical Research Library. It is often surprising the breadth of subjects one can find in the Institute’s library. Previous surveys of the collections have...
Researching in the IHR library: Nineteenth Century Women and the Legal system
This post was written by Millicent (Millie) Shepherd, undergraduate history student at the University of Leicester. She completed a placement at the IHR in July 2022, working on the Bibliography of British and Irish History and in the IHR library. For as long as I can...