This blogpost was written by Kate Hastings, one of our wonderful placement students from York St John University. Kate was part of a group working with some of our photographic collections here at York Explore Archive. This blog is part of series of and you can see the first post here. In York, a city … Continue reading Souvenir snaps and personal stories: The power of a postcard.
This blogpost was written by Emma Darbyshire, one of our wonderful placement students from York St John University. Emma was part of a group working with some of our photographic collections here at York Explore Archive. “This building as it rose by giving health to numbers within this city and country, so may its wholesome … Continue reading York’s Built Heritage : A closer look at the Judge’s Lodging.
This blog is the second part of this blog series and was written by Jo Parsons during a placement at Explore York Archives as part of project to develop a timeline of the Poor Law in York. To read part one of the post click here "Guardians" of the poor In exercising control over people's … Continue reading The Language of Poor Relief: Part Two
This blog was written by Jo Parsons during a placement at Explore York Archives as part of project to develop a timeline of the Poor Law in York. A Brief Background The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 was a major piece of legislation that reformed the system of poor relief that had existed since … Continue reading The Language of Poor Relief: Part One
This post is part two of this two-part blog post series. You can see the first part by clicking on the following link here. Disclaimer - This blog post contains discussion of racial discriminaion and suicide from material that has been found in the content of some of our collections held here at Explore York … Continue reading A Tale of Two Yorkes: The political lives of Henry Redhead Yorke and his son, Henry Redhead Galgacus Yorke, a bi-racial British MP in the early 19th C. (Part II)
Disclaimer - This blog post contains discussion of racial discriminaion and suicide from material that has been found in the content of some of our collections held at Explore York Archives. To read more about how we deal with harmful language within our collections, please see our harmful langauge statement. Between 1841 and 1848, the … Continue reading A Tale of Two Yorkes: The political lives of Henry Redhead Yorke and his son, Henry Redhead Galgacus Yorke, a bi-racial British MP in the early 19th C. (Part I)
This post is second part of this blog post. You can see the first part of this blog post by clicking on the following link here. Disclaimer - This blog post contains racist and offensive language that has been found in the content of some of our collections held at Explore York Archives. To read … Continue reading The politics of anti-slavery in York, Part II: Anti-slavery rhetoric after emancipation
Disclaimer - This blog post contains racist and offensive language that has been found in the content of some of our collections held at Explore York Archives. To read more about how we deal with harmful language within our collections, please see our harmful langauge statement. York MPs and slavery-derived wealth Throughout the late eighteenth … Continue reading The politics of anti-slavery in York, 1823-1833 : Part I
Disclaimer - This blog post contains racist and offensive language that has been found in the content of some of our collections held at Explore York Archives. To read more about how we deal with harmful language within our collections, please see our harmful langauge statement. In the spring of 1807, the city of York … Continue reading The 1807 Yorkshire election and the fight to end the slave trade.
In April we began work on our pilot project ‘Setting the Record Straight’, the aim of this project is to enhance our online catalogue and improve the preservation of items in our collections. For one week every month, our team will be focused on conducting collections work in order to help preserve our wonderful collections, … Continue reading Setting the Record Straight: Making the stars a bit more accessible.
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