The Parliamentary Archives holds a collection of glass plate negatives dating from c.1900 that were purchased from Edward Farmer, a commercial and technical photographer, in 1972. Our latest project has been to digitise this archive and make the images available …
Guest post by Amy Galvin-Elliott Political culture and ideals have been a constant element of my studies from my school days; whether carefully crafting a presentation for my French oral exam on the environmental policies of Nicolas Sarkozy, or arguing …
On the 6th Feb I went to Cornwall to deliver joint workshops with Cornwall Record Office inspired by our new geo mapping web resource. The workshops were filled in record time by local family historians keen to research their 17th …
For the last two years I have been working on an Irish Research Council Marie Skłodowska-Curie Elevate project entitled ‘Competing jurisdictions: appellate justice in the Dublin and Westminster parliaments, 1603 – c. 1730. The project is an attempt to understand …
Are you visiting the Houses of Parliament? There's a fantastic new work of art for you to see! Come in at the main visitor entrance, Cromwell Green; walk through Westminster Hall, admiring the amazing medieval hammerbeam roof; and as you …
Guest post by Sean Harris, House of Commons Petitions Committee August is a quiet month for committees, so to broaden my understanding of Parliament I undertook a week-long placement in the Parliamentary Archives, kindly arranged by Dr Mari Takayanagi, Senior …
Collection Care at the Parliamentary Archives has developed in the past few years from bookbinding to conservation and preservation. The team are Lois, Oriana, Tiffany, Tom and Lara, who are all trained as library and archive conservators. We look after …
This year the Parliamentary Archives will be marking two anniversaries: it is 70 years since our office was set up and 20 years since we began to establish formal procedures for the management of modern records. Although Parliamentary records have …
The First World War had an enormous impact on the lives of those who survived it and also upon their families. To mark Remembrance Day in November 2015, the Parliamentary Archives has put on a small display in the House of …
We were very excited last week when members of the production team behind the new 'Suffragette' film visited the Parliamentary Archives. Here's director Sarah Gavron, screenwriter Abi Morgan, and producers Faye Ward and Alison Owen, looking at some of our …
