I've been reading in the papers about Land Girls during the First World War enjoying the practicality of their uniforms in the British weather (Beachcomber in the Daily Express agreed with them), but there were fears that they would want to wear such clothes all the time.

Officially Dr Cherish! 🎓 Thank you to everyone who has supported me on my PhD journey…whether during my first forays into History at Northgate High School & Dereham Sixth Form College, as an undergraduate at @lucycavendish.bsky.social, or as a postgraduate most recently at Churchill College.

Wonderful to present on a panel on scrapbooking between the generations alongside @janehamlett.bsky.social & Lucy Brownson, chaired by @zoethomas.bsky.social. Fascinating discussions in the Q and A after. Thanks to everyone who joined us and to the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social for a fab conference.

🌟It's Open Day time here in Cambridge!🌟 👋If you're around in Cambridge, then do visit our Archives Centre stall in the buttery at Churchill College. 🔎You can explore highlights from our scientific collections with our rummage box and help yourself to our Archives Centre goodies too.

📦Happy #InternationalArchivesDay! 🌍 The theme of this year's #InternationalArchivesWeek is #ArchivesAreAccessible. 📸To celebrate, we’re sharing a few photos available on our Access Portal from the papers of Clementine Churchill & Robert Edwards.

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Today was my last day researching at the Schlesinger Library @rad-institute.bsky.social - sad to leave but what a joy to find a Votes for Women bluebird and a photo of Emmeline Pankhurst in Boston in 1909! From the papers of Mary H Page 🗃️

Amongst the bleak news from every which way, I'm celebrating my book coming out digitally today 🎉 Living with the Dead interrogates family histories and the way they shape our present. It's totally free to read/download academic.oup.com/book/59440?s... #skystorians #familyhistorians #genealogy

To find out more about Liberating Histories, tune into our podcast series 🎙️ It explores the last 50 years of feminism through the campaigns, communities & controversies sparked by some of its most cherished magazines ✨ Listen wherever you get your podcasts: liberatinghistories.org/podcast-seri...

It was lovely to spend Wednesday evening with Great Chesterford WI exploring the history of the WI’s 1965 scrapbook competition. I also had the chance to look through the branch’s own competition entry, filled with beautiful illustrations & vivid accounts of rural life in mid-1960s Cambridgeshire.

Love it when people reflect on the process of scrapbooking in the scrapbook itself. 📚📖

Recently we received a new donation of a scrapbook once belonging to Mr Walter Keep. This is a fantastic record of his experiences in the First World War, and we'll be sharing some highlights on our pages! He kept a great record of his service and has filled the scrapbook with lots of annotations.

Looking forward to reading this, about the carte de visite craze of the 1860s, which I got for Christmas. Thames Rowing Club has an 1869 album full of cartes de visite, which provide the only images of the earliest members. Will be good to better understand this phenomenon.

Finished for Christmas ✨

A pair of #Bells for today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar In the 1890s Arthur Clive Bell compiled two huge scrapbooks, recording his travels by bicycle across France. His travel diaries include photos, notes, bills & other ephemera collected on his journeys. cdm21047.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

Looking forward to sharing some of my PhD research on Royal scrapbooking and family archiving tonight at the @ihr.bsky.social's Life-Cycles seminar at 5:30. Do register and join if you're around :) www.history.ac.uk/events/scrap...