Exploring archives with HOP research volunteers and members of Mencap Liverpool
Training for our research group, and for members of Liverpool Mencap who picked up ideas about how to use their own archive.
Getting a job in museums and heritage
Our Heritage Hub member Jessica Starns describes how she followed a route that found her work at the British Museum
A Survey of Residents of the Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury
Nathan shares the results of his exhaustive study of the residents of Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury.
Searching for Walter Ridpath
Attracted by spotting some distinctive drawings, Gillian Doherty goes in search of Walter Ridpath, who was once at resident at Normansfield Hospital.
Games and discussions: some disability equality training in Liverpool
Matthew Walsh on disability equality training with DaDaFest and the ‘weight of history’ he feels as he begins to delve into Liverpool’s past.
Learning how to take an oral history
John Mills describes his introduction to oral history training – and a graveyard of superseded recording devices.
Into the object stores at National Museums Liverpool
What can objects hidden behind the scenes in the museum stores tell us about the School for the Blind?
Deciphering the handwriting of the past at Chiswick House
Nina on the difficulty of deciphering other people’s handwriting in historical documents, and the quest to find women’s lives at Chiswick Asylum.
Becoming a History Detective
Maxine Clarke on the thrill of holding 14th century vellum – and realising that Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is deaf.
From poems to Acts of Parliament: our discoveries in Liverpool Records Office
Volunteer Anna finds that discoveries in different archives are already beginning to link together.