we have some fun 4 July news over at The National Archives! a new copy of the US Declaration of Independence, with an amazing story behind it (privateers! printers! prisoners!) - but also, a find that shows the power and importance of our volunteering and cataloguing projects.

200 years ago the handloom weavers of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire engaged in a 10-day rising, destroying over 1,100 power looms. To learn more check out our interactive StoryMap: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a84... #19thCentury #skystorians @sslh.bsky.social @esriuk.bsky.social

2 weeks to go to the deadlines for applications for our collaborative #PhD with @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy on the early history of #TNA phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2475...

We haven't come across the very useful Georgian Army Officers resource before, and will definitely be making use of it in future.

I'm lucky enough to be co-supervising this PhD project. Deadline 22 May 2026 "Rethinking Reparations: A Cultural and Social History of Post-First World War Compensation to Civilians in Britain and its Empire, 1918-25": www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

The new issue of the BJMH is now online at journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/ As always Open Access and free to all! In this issue we have 8 articles and 2 research notes. Sadly, we have not been able to include our normal range of book reviews this time.

Really can't believe that my eldest is 10 years old today. How have we been parents for a decade? She has spent her evening at her swimming class, where the entire pool stopped to sing Happy Birthday to her

Fully-funded #PhD opportunity on the early history of the Public Records Office starting this October phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2475... with @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @universityofleeds.bsky.social Available full or part-time. #archives #skystorians

Fully funded four year AHRC PhD project @swanseahistory.bsky.social on 'Rethinking Reparations: A Cultural and Social History of Post-First World War Compensation to Civilians in Britain and its Empire, 1918-25.' Closing date 22 May. Get in touch if you are interested!

I'm lucky enough to be co-supervising this PhD project. Deadline 22 May 2026 "Rethinking Reparations: A Cultural and Social History of Post-First World War Compensation to Civilians in Britain and its Empire, 1918-25": www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Our record specialists are running a series of Wednesday lunch webinars (May-March) introducing recordkeepers to common pre-modern document types found in archives, including charters and deeds, seals, manorial records, and wills. Book sessions here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/identifyi...

Learn more about the discovery process behind our current exhibition, Love Letters. From structured research to serendipitous finds — three specialists and a volunteer share the thrill of uncovering heartfelt emotions centuries later: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

Still time to apply for this role

Still time to apply for this role

My team are looking for a new team leader and Modern Britain (post-1782) specialist. Closes 22nd February and do get in touch if you have any questions www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ050/t...

My team are looking for a new team leader and Modern Britain (post-1782) specialist. Closes 22nd February and do get in touch if you have any questions www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ050/t...

Our latest exhibition, Love Letters, is now open at The National Archives, revealing 500 years of love. From paupers, monarchs, queer networks & quiet acts of affection found in government records. Very proud to have been lead curator on this one, working with so many wonderful people! 💌

To close our week of Holocaust document blogs. today we share an article written by Anna Brady, one of our Regional Placement students, reflecting on her research on Colonial Office records at The National Archives. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-... HMD2026 #HolocaustResearch

On Holocaust Memorial Day, TNA have published this fascinating article written by Anna Brady, one of our placement students, supported by @ehri-uk.bsky.social www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

There's still time to sign up for TNAs archival skills training sessions relating to military history/records on 3/4 February: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-...

There's still time to sign up for TNAs archival skills training sessions relating to military history/records on 3/4 February: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-...

Come & work with me! Senior Archivist (Military Records Project) at The National Archives (UK). £39.5k pa. Apply by Sunday 25 January. #ArchivesJobs www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

Special offer! Buy the 2nd edition of "Maps: Their Untold Stories" from The National Archives' bookshop at a bargain price of £20. It has very good pictures. #MapMonday shop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/collections/...

The National Archives are hiring a Poor Law Research Assistant (39k for 2 years) working on Paul Carter's AHRC project on poverty/welfare in Wales, 1834-1930. Deadline 16 Dec. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

New collection out now—The Laws of War: Justice, Rights, and Ethics in Military Contexts. Containing over 100,000 images from The National Archives (UK), it illuminates attitudes to warfare over the last 300 years and how efforts to regulate it have fared. Learn more at buff.ly/CC4NdYH.

#DigiPres the Digital Archiving Department at The National Archives (UK) is currently looking for a Digtial Archivist (Transfer) www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi... and 2 Data Engineers www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi.... ce.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

The new issue of the BJMH is now online at journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/ As always Open Access and free to all! Appropriately in the 80th anniversary of VE & VJ day we have 3 articles on the SWW. 1/7

A heads up for the next issue of the BJMH! To be published online next Tuesday, 26 August this is a regular issue with topics from the American Revolution to Normandy in 1944 via East Africa in the FWW. As always, Open Access and free to all at journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/

Come and work with me! The National Archives are looking for an Early Modern Parliamentary Records Specialist. More details available via the link. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

There is still time to apply for these two roles: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS877/r...

There is still time to apply for these two roles: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS877/r...

Our friends at the Army Records Society have launched another round of their fellowship programme, which offers funding over three years to create a volume in their long-running primary source series. Details at www.smh-hq.org/opps/jobs.html.

@histparl.bsky.social @victoriancommons.bsky.social

Two records specialist roles on Parliamentary records at TNA. Closing at the end of July: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

Two records specialist roles on Parliamentary records at TNA. Closing at the end of July: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

New article today for the #HistParl site. @joecozens.bsky.social explores the records of John Lewis, a Black sailor arrested at the 1828 Weymouth by-election, and how his story serves as an example of Black political participation in the early 19th century: historyofparliament.com/2025/06/24/j...

Summary of arrangements for celebrating VE Day, taken from War Cabinet minutes, April 1945

@ssnci.bsky.social New Perspectives on Conflict and Ireland in the Nineteenth Century is out on 28 July 2025! Order a copy for yourself, your class or your library via www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... #SSNCI #IrishStudies #conflict

There's still some time to apply for this

🚨 Students and lecturers, there is still time to apply to The Western Front Association’s Masters Grant Scheme! 🚨 If you, or your students, are researching and writing a dissertation relating to the First World War as part of your masters degree then we want to hear from you! #fwwhist

If you're interested in finding out more about TNAs Foreign Office records, this workshop might be of interest: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-recor...

PhD opportunity co-supervised by me: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM400/p...

This archival training at The National Archives looks absolutely amazing www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-worki...

PhD opportunity co-supervised by me: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM400/p...

The hub manager role for Spaces, Places & Belonging is live: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg... If you’re interested in community engagement and working with a wide variety of partners and individuals across galleries, libraries, archives and museums, then do have a look.

PASSAGE is recruiting for two fixed-term posts to join me working on 18thC records of enslavement 1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn 2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!

The new issue of the BJMH is now online at journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/ As always Open Access and free to all! In this issue you’ll find a range of methodologies: biographical reassessment, statistical analysis, conflict archaeology, battlefield identification, oral history. 1/3

I'm very pleased to share news of a new project I am leading at The National Archives. PASSAGE combines archival research on the transatlantic trade of enslaved people with an international programme that centres the research of West African & Caribbean scholars. Read more here: shorturl.at/XLyC8