📣 There are just a few days left to apply! We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team! Closing date: 11 November 2025 For full details and to apply ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... #ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks

On #WorldDigitalPreservationDay, this photo from our #UniOfExeterArchive is a reminder that technology is constantly evolving, & when it becomes obsolete, information may be lost. Digital preservation is vital to enable access to digital records, now & in the future. #WDPD2025 #ThrowbackThursday

#Movember is #MensMentalHealthAwareness month. Why not take a look at the Men's Health resources in our Wellbeing collection? Find out more here: bit.ly/ExeterUniLibWellbeingPage Don't forget, our Wellbeing resources are available every month of the year! 〰️

In 19th C Exeter, Guy Fawkes Day was a major occasion. The festivities centred on a huge bonfire in front of the Cathedral 🔥 During this fiery festival it was traditional to allow the youth special freedom to celebrate. Fireworks, burning tar barrels & injuries were a feature of this riotous night.

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📣 There are just a few days left to apply! We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team! Closing date: 11 November 2025 For full details and to apply ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... #ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks

Our latest blog is from stipend holder Veronica Johnson, who writes about the role of cinema managers in the 1910s & '20s. Dr Veronica Johnson is an early & silent film scholar working on a history of the Film Company of Ireland. Read the full blog here: tinyurl.com/5n7wmbx9 #filmsky #researchsky

It's only a week until our in-conversation event with author Elisabeth Gifford, including a chance to explore Daphne du Maurier's archive! 📅 Wednesday 12 November 2025 🕕 6PM - 7:30PM 📍Seminar Room A/B, Old Library Book your FREE ticket! ⬇️ @beinghumanfest.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social

#OTD in 1787 Sir John Richardson was born. A surgeon, explorer and naturalist, Richardson was involved in preparing the 3rd edition of William Yarrell's 'A History of British Fishes'. We have a large volume of illustrations and plates from this work in the archive @thembauk.bsky.social 📖 ref PRN1

And here's the baptism record of 'Guye Fawxe', son to Edward Fawxe. Taken from the parish register of St Michael le Belfrey which is held here at the Borthwick. He was baptised on the 16th April 1570. Fun fact: the entry below Guy's is a little faded from all the fingers run across it!

We are really looking forward to bringing our project to younger audiences with this workshop in partnership with @bdcmuseum #archives #womenfilmmakers #womenmakemovies #femfilmhist

Want to know what's happening behind the scenes at RAMM? Join us today for #AskAConservatorDay when our conservation team will open the laboratory doors and give you an exclusive glimpse of their work. 👀

A pocket diary is pretty tiny - but sometimes its contents can be even tinier! 🍀 These diaries of Dorothy Harmsworth each contain a four-leaf clover. The tiniest is just over an inch long. They must be some of the tiniest & luckiest finds in our archives! 📷 EUL MS 435/6/5/1 #TinyTuesday #Archives

Today is also #WorldBaskingShark day! To celebrate these graceful oceanic grazers we have this illustration from volume 1 of 'A History of the Fishes of the British Isles' by Jonathan Couch, 1862 📖 BL.65/C

Lots of exciting literary events in Exeter coming up this month - including our Being Human Festival event: An Author in Daphne du Maurier’s Archives! 📅 Wednesday 12 November 2025 🕕 6PM - 7:30PM 📍Seminar Room A/B, Old Library Book your free ticket here! ➡️ www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/autho...

There's plenty on the way this November across Exeter #CityofLiterature and Devon, here are just some of the events happening across the county this month!

Do you have creative kids aged 9-12? Why not bring them along to our next #workshop - 'From Script to Screen' - on 15th November? A fantastic chance for children to explore #creative choices behind the scenes of #filmmaking as part of the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social. Book here: tinyurl.com/mw9em9tu

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the jellyfish, for today is their special day! This coloured plate by Philip Henry Gosse is from the book 'A Naturalist's Rambles on the Devonshire Coast' (1853). 📷 Reserve 574.94235 GOS #WorldJellyfishDay #JellyfishDay #RareBooks #Devon

Not only is it #WorldJellyfishDay but #OTD in 1897 Sir Frederick Stratten Russell was born. Russell, a former Director of @thembauk.bsky.social spent much of his career studying medusae, so we've included some of his original illustrations that are stored in the archive 📷 PRU64

Events next week at the Library:‬‬‬ Doing a literature review Guide to scientific writing Finding and using primary sources Doing a literature search Reflective writing Skills Drop-Ins and Library Research Cafés See more & book: bit.ly/ExeterUniLibEvent 📆

!! CORRECTION - Closing date 11 Nov!! 📣 Job alert! We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team! Closing date: 11 November 2025 Apply at: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... #ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the lemurs, for today is their special day! To celebrate World Lemur Day, here is an engraving of a lemur - a diademed sifaka - from 'The Illustrated Natural History' (1863) by J. G. Wood. 📷 Reserve 590.2/WOO #WorldLemurDay #LemurDay #RareBooks

Happy #Halloween 🎃Since this fellow was so popular we are once again sharing spooktacular illustrations of Vampyroteuthis. The 'vampire squid from hell' is neither squid nor vampire, using sticky filaments to feed on marine snow 📖 Reports from the German Deep-Sea Expedition 'Valdivia' 1898-1899

Happy Hallowe'en! 🎃 To get you in the mood for Hallowe'en, here are some bone-chilling reading suggestions from our Edmund Collection of Local History. This spooktacular collection is available to everyone, for research or enjoyment! 👻 #Halloween #Devon #Exeter #Books

Happy Hallowe’en! 🎃 We have a thrilling selection of BOO-ks on our Halloween display! Find it at the entrance to the Forum Library. You'll also discover books, films and radio shows to scare yourself silly on the Hallowe’en and Horror Reading List, if you dare... bit.ly/ExeterUniLib...

Don't miss out – the final tickets for this evening's Annual Library Lecture have just been released! 🎟 Book your ticket now to learn more about Exon Domesday – the oldest of the three original manuscripts surviving from the Domesday Survey of 1086. www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

Have you heard the spooky tale of the Hairy Hand? 👻✋ Research papers relating to the Dartmoor legend of the Hairy Hand (as well as black dogs, ghosts, vampires, monsters, witches & more!) can be found in the archive of folklorist Theo Brown. 📷 EUL MS 105 #FolkloreThursday #HairyHand #Halloween

This December, come and explore with our Library & Archives team some of the fascinating items they’ve found between the covers of books. You might be surprised! 📗 4 December 📗 1pm - 3pm 📗 Free session (no booking required) 📗 Cathedral Library & Archives Find out more: bit.ly/in-focus-covers

Illustrations of non living specimens (from trawls, dredges, museums etc) would have been widely used to learn about deep sea fauna before the advent of in-situ video recording. Not the earliest depiction, this image is from 'Creatures of the Deep Sea’ by Gunther and Deckert, 1956 📖BE.30/G

We're delighted that the National Autistic Society has recognised RAMM with their Autism Friendly award! 🎉 RAMM’s Accessibility Champions have been working hard to ensure that the museum is as accessible as possible for people with different needs. Full story >> rammuseum.org.uk/news/exeters...

📣 Job alert! We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team! Closing date: 11 December 2025 For full details and to apply see: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... #ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks

Today is our final post for Black History Month 2025, but you can access our Black History Resources all year! From online primary source databases and archives, to digital and on-campus resources and a film/TV list, it's all available via our Black History guide here: Libguides.exeter.ac.uk/BHM

Today is the RSPB's Feed the Birds Day! 🪶 Some of the most common birds we feed in UK gardens are house sparrows, wood pigeons, starlings, and magpies. These early 19th century watercolours of birds are from our archives. Which is your favourite? 📷 EUL MS 23; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social

Experience the bold, abstract art of William Scott CBE RA (1913–1989) — one of Britain’s most influential 20th-century painters. Featuring three major works on loan from @tate.bsky.social. Open 15/11 at The Museum of Somerset. © Estate of William Scott/photo Tate

As Halloween approaches, things have been getting spooky in the DH Lab! Last week, the interns were introduced to our 3D printers and CAD software 🎃 We have had a range of seasonally appropriate prints - from ghost dogs to an articulated glowing skeleton! 🩻 #Digital #Humanities #3D #3DPrint #CAD

🎶 🎭 A quick update to our events schedule bringing us up to early December. Lots of exciting events going on, especially in the next couple of days! #LoveLibraries

It's #SeaSlugDay! To celebrate we have selected these beautiful illustrations from 'A Monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca' volume 1, published by @raysocietybooks.bsky.social. You can find two copies in the rare books room @thembauk.bsky.social 📖 BL.48/A

We had a spooktacular morning running the kids' #Halloween optical toy and shadow puppet #workshop this morning! Huge thank you to everyone who came along. If you missed it, our Movie Monsters and Freaky Film Trail is on until 2nd November - complete to win a sweet treat! 🎃 #museumsky #filmsky

Ted Hughes died on 28 October 1998. Stored safely inside these two boxes are the poet's complete set of poems and drafts for 'Cave Birds'. Find out more about our Ted Hughes archive collections at ➡️ bit.ly/2YYMXph #TedHughes #LiteraryArchives #Archives #OTD #OnThisDay

Over the last few weeks we've been very busy with lots of teaching sessions, meeting students from history, illustration and theatre courses among others! This is some of the material we got out for BA Illustration students, showing a variety of creative approaches and responses.

Upcoming event: The Quay Words writer-in-residence, Chris Hoban, will share his narrative song-cycle, telling tales from Exeter’s Quay. Chris will be joined by renowned historian, Professor Mark Stoyle. Thursday 30 October, 18.30-19.30 Book: quaywords.org.uk/events/chris... @lsangha.bsky.social

Don't miss our kids' drop-in workshop and lunchtime talk coming up at the museum tomorrow! #Halfterm #halloween #filmsky #museumsky #cinemasky #Exeter

Dr Todd Gray MBE, local historian and honorary appointment in our department, has brought together stories of Devon life during the Second World War, after years of painstaking research🔍 📖 New book: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the gibbons, for today is their special day! To celebrate International Gibbon Day, here is an illustration of two gibbons from the book 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc. 📷 Reserve 590 BUF #InternationalGibbonDay #RareBooks

It's a wet and windy day here in Exeter! ☔ What do you like to do on a day like this? Brave the elements with a trusty umbrella or stay cosy indoors with a good book, a cup of tea, and a furry companion? 📷 'The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information...' (1827): Baring-Gould Library 1660.3

How about this schoolmaster's log book as #DissertationInspiration? See this book in person at our Dissertation Inspiration Drop In on Friday 24th October, 2-4pm, or email us to make a research appointment. #primarysources #Victorianschools #Victorianchildren #archives #dissertation

Check out this fascinating research from the Florence4D project that is coordinated by Prof. Fabrizio Nevola, co-director of the Exeter DH Lab, and Cambridge Co-Investigator, Dr Donal Cooper! news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... #DH #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #DHLab #Exeter #3D #Research

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is #autumn 🍂 We have chosen Autumn Sunlight, Sennen Cove, Cornwall by Dame Laura Knight, which is owned by Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

Our throwback this week from our University Archive is this great aerial view of Streatham Campus in the 1970s! The most noticeable absences are perhaps the Library (Rashid Building), opened in 1984, and the Forum, completed in 2012. 📷 EUL UA/P/1b/1 #ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive #Exeter

Events next week at the Library:‬ Criticality in academic writing Doing a literature review Guide to scientific writing Finding and using primary sources Doing a literature search Reflective writing Skills, Legal Research, and UEBS Research drop-ins See more & book: bit.ly/ExeterUniLibEvent 📆