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| Éireann |

@rinnywee.bsky.social

2 months ago

A black and white photographed page titled “Christmas Arrangements” from the Sussex County Asylum, dated December 1871. It lists the Christmas Day schedule in decorative handwritten script, including workshops and laundry closed, divine service at 11 am, patients’ dinner at 1 pm, a country walk in the afternoon, and evening activities in the class room. It also notes that the porter will lock the doors and ring the bell for lights out at 11.15 pm. Below, it lists entertainment in the recreation hall on December 26, a patients’ Christmas ball on December 27, and a household ball on January 2, 1872.

Sussex County Asylum Christmas, 1871.
Service at 11, dinner at 1, a walk if weather allows, then evening entertainment and lights out at 11.15.

Small comforts, even in confinement.

#AsylumHistory #VictorianBritain #ArchiveFind #MedicalHumanities #HistoryOfMentalHealth #ChristmasPast #historian

Evi Numen

@evinumen.bsky.social

9 months ago

In love with yesterday’s #archivefind in the @oldanatomytcd.bsky.social #medicalheritage collection. Likely a turn of the century skiagraph (early form of x-ray) of a human skull, captured at an unusual angle. Such a striking image!

Deborah Lee-Talbot

@colourfulhistories.bsky.social

1 year ago

Be kind, rewind.

#archivefind #academicsky

Becky Bowd

@beckybowd.bsky.social

1 year ago

Bound volume on grey cushion

Open volume with green marbled paper on grey cushion with white weight

Open volume small paper book inside with writing on left page

Red label reads 'Technical School and Mechanics Institution'

Incredible #archivefind today. A hidden minute book for the Huddersfield Mechanics Insitution inside another minute book! Discovered today in @heritagequay.bsky.social Has anyone else ever come across this? Calling all #Archivists #Conservators #archivemystery

Holger Burkhardt

@wrtlbrmft.bsky.social

2 years ago

This image captures a dramatic view of the Museum aan de Stroom (MAS) in Antwerp, Belgium. The museum stands out with its modern, layered design and reddish, reflective façade. The surrounding waters provide a mirrored surface, reflecting the museum's unique architecture and the cloudy sky above. The overcast weather adds a moody ambiance to the scene. In the backdrop, a mix of contemporary and traditional European buildings lines the riverbank, with several boats moored at the edge of the water. The overall atmosphere is somber yet striking, with the museum serving as the focal point amidst the urban landscape.

#Antwerpen #2018 #ArchiveFind
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Fergus Smith

@oldscotbooks.bsky.social

2 years ago

And final #ArchiveFind of the day, is a Major from St Andrews in Fife whose parents evidently lacked a little imagination.

Fergus Smith

@oldscotbooks.bsky.social

2 years ago

Another chance #ArchiveFind was this list of assize for the trial of Thomas Robertson in April 1880 for setting fire to a hay stack in Dysart. John Graham farmer South Street, St Andrews was my gg-grandfather. John Carstairs farmer at Caldside also one of mine.

Fergus Smith

@oldscotbooks.bsky.social

2 years ago

Today's #ArchiveFind was a statement in a fraud case given by Joseph Swan, celebrated Glasgow engraver. In a former life, I sold some of his work to @andrewrnicoll.bsky.social in a nice copy of Historical Description of the Town of Dundee.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_...

Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford

@hmcoxford.bsky.social

2 years ago

Today's #ArchiveFind, 'The True Doctrine of the New Testament', signed by its owner Anne Bayley in 1773. Anne was a member & supporter @CrossStChapel. Qs about our Archive? librarian@hmc.ox.ac.uk
#BookHistory #HerBook @BookOwners #WednesdayWisdom