Celebrating Archives: King Edward School Archives, Birmingham
RQG member Linda Newey approached The Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham (KES) several years ago, when researching a former pupil. She states “My first enquiries were answered by email, when the archivist Alison provided me with copious information including a pupil record card and digitalized copies of the school journal. A few years […]
Celebrating Archives: St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest acute healthcare Trusts in the UK, and is made up of 5 hospitals serving a population of over 2 million people across the City and East London. The archives held by the Trust reflect a tradition of caring for patients spanning nine centuries, from the foundation […]
Celebrating Archives: Royal Botanic Gardens
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, London and Edinburgh each have some records relating to their former staff and students, which can be searched by their own archivists. At Kew (@Kewgardens) their staff records start in 1841 (pre-1841have not survived) and apprenticeship/student records start in 1902. The records are arranged in date order therefore it […]