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08/06/2026

Apulia Monumentale – Rethinking nationalism in 19th century Italian photography through archival research

Working with archival collections is rewarding, particularly when discovering understudied materials. Marina Tzortzakaki (University of Crete) reflects on a significant photographic collection she examined during her internship at the British

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

11/05/2023

“Grand tour” of a training archiviste paléographe: rare books and special collections – by Martin Bugnicourt

As a young Frenchman arriving in Rome, and walking for the first time on Italian soil, I was naturally rather intimidated for the first few days by the city known

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

21/04/2023

“Grand tour” of a training “archiviste paléographe”: arrival at the British School – by Martin Bugnicourt

As a young Frenchman arriving in Rome, and walking for the first time on Italian soil, I was naturally rather intimidated for the first few days by the city known

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

14/11/2022

Expeditions from the BSR: in the footsteps of Thomas Ashby and his companions

Janet Wade is a former Macquarie Gale-BSR Award holder and one of the inaugural 2020 BSR Library and Archive Award holders. She is an ECR Affiliate with the Centre for

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

06/05/2022

A significant legacy: Valerie Scott at the BSR Library

Valerie Scott, former BSR Librarian, retired in August 2021 after 40 years in post. Valerie’s immeasurable contribution to the BSR, its library and readers, is well recognised by all those

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

19/05/2021

Archival windows into life at the BSR. The case of Eugénie Sellers Strong and Alexandrina Makin. (Part 2)

During the later months of 1919 and early 1920, Eugénie Sellers Strong was tirelessly pushing to reorganise the structure and expand the services of the BSR Library. We learn from

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

19/05/2021

Archival windows into life at the BSR. The case of Eugénie Sellers Strong and Alexandrina Makin. (Part 1)

An Archive is not a careful selection of materials, like a Library. A few days ago I heard this observation from Charlotte Roueché, Honorary Archivist at the Society for Libyan

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

Apulia Monumentale – Rethinking nationalism in 19th century Italian photography through archival research

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

“Grand tour” of a training archiviste paléographe: rare books and special collections – by Martin Bugnicourt

As a young Frenchman arriving in Rome, and walking for the first time on Italian soil, I was naturally rather intimidated for the first few

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

“Grand tour” of a training “archiviste paléographe”: arrival at the British School – by Martin Bugnicourt

As a young Frenchman arriving in Rome, and walking for the first time on Italian soil, I was naturally rather intimidated for the first few

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

Expeditions from the BSR: in the footsteps of Thomas Ashby and his companions

Janet Wade is a former Macquarie Gale-BSR Award holder and one of the inaugural 2020 BSR Library and Archive Award holders. She is an ECR

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

A significant legacy: Valerie Scott at the BSR Library

Valerie Scott, former BSR Librarian, retired in August 2021 after 40 years in post. Valerie’s immeasurable contribution to the BSR, its library and readers, is

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

Archival windows into life at the BSR. The case of Eugénie Sellers Strong and Alexandrina Makin. (Part 2)

During the later months of 1919 and early 1920, Eugénie Sellers Strong was tirelessly pushing to reorganise the structure and expand the services of the

RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

Archival windows into life at the BSR. The case of Eugénie Sellers Strong and Alexandrina Makin. (Part 1)

An Archive is not a careful selection of materials, like a Library. A few days ago I heard this observation from Charlotte Roueché, Honorary Archivist

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