Archives Archives - Special Collections

A pile of old letters – new research methods, vintage limitations

Written by Amanda Knight, Graduate Trainee Archive Assistant, 2024-2025. As the latest in a succession of Graduate Trainee Archive Assistants (GTAA) training with the University of Reading’s Museums and Collections […]

New events inspired by the DEGW Archive

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, we are delighted to announce two events, hosted by Cardiff University, inspired by the DEGW Archive and the DEGW Research Project. DEGW was founded […]

Charles Hasler Collection acquired

Following the closure of the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, Middlesex University and the University of Reading are pleased to announce that ownership of the Charles Hasler Collection will […]

Openness in Research: The Modernist Archives Publishing Project (MAPP)

Virtual Volunteering with Special Collections in the Archives of British Printing and Publishing . We are thrilled to announce that the Special Collections and The MERL team have won one […]

Steam engines and Samuel Beckett: My Experience as the Graduate Trainee Archive Assistant

Written in September 2022 by Rebecca Keddie, Graduate Trainee Archive Assistant 2021-2022 My time as the University of Reading Graduate Trainee Archive Assistant is drawing to a close. The last […]

Genealogy through Gingerbread: Using the Huntley & Palmers archive to research family history

Throughout the summer, ourselves and Reading Museum have been celebrating the 200 year anniversary of Huntley & Palmers, the biscuit company which was based in Reading and is intertwined with […]

Conserving a magical menagerie: the conservation and rehousing of the European Manuscripts collection

Written by Victoria Stevens, ACR The existence of manuscript fragment collections represents a fascinating snapshot of cultural and political points in history, showing the changing attitude and purpose of these […]

Christopher Okigbo and the politics of publication (3/3)

This is the third and final post in a series written by Temiloluwa Odugbesan, who completed a UROP placement at the University of Reading Special Collections in the summer of 2021. […]

Biafra, the Nigerian Civil War and context in the archives (2/3)

This is the second of three posts in a series written by Temiloluwa Odugbesan, who completed a UROP placement at the University of Reading Special Collections in the summer of 2021. […]

Temporary reading room move – September 2021

Between 31 August and 24 September 2021, the reading room will be moving to the Conference Room to make way for essential maintenance work. The Conference Room is located above […]