VE Day: through our online resources TAGS: databases | digital archives | dissertation | e-resources | film | history | Library | newspaper archives | online resources | primary source databases | primary sources | research | resources | second world war | VE Day | Victory in Europe Day | World War II Today, 8 May 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) when people in Britain and Allied nations across the world celebrated the unconditional surrender of …Continue reading →

New to the Library: World War Two Studies TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | databases | Europe | history | International Relations | japan | official documents | Politics | primary source | second world war | United States | World War Two Thanks to a request from HCA staff the Library now has access to Research Source: World War Two Studies from Adam Matthew Digital. This resource includes important primary sources, offering …Continue reading →

D-Day anniversary: Norman memories in the archives TAGS: France | history | photographs | second world war A more personal take on our archives… As any archivist knows, you can sometimes stumble upon archives with an unexpected and personal connection: this was the case for me when …Continue reading →

‘Empire Kingsley’ – 70th anniversary of sinking on 22 March 1945 TAGS: Christian Salvesen & Co. Ltd. | Salvesen & Co. | Salvesen Archive | Scottish Veterans' Garden City Association | second world war | shipping | South Georgia Co. Ltd. | submarine warfare | whaling LAST LOSSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 – Christian Salvesen & Co. 22 March 2015 is the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the steam cargo vessel Empire Kingsley. …Continue reading →

Research and Refugees – Edinburgh genetics during the 1940s TAGS: 1940s | c.h. waddington | charlotte auerbach | chromosome theory | Edinburgh | f.a.e crew | festival of museums | fly room | george clayton | h.j. muller | home guard | inheritance | institute of animal genetics | j.m. robson | mendel | mustard gas | mutation | roslin | second world war | t.h. morgan Last Friday I delivered a talk on genetics in Edinburgh during the 1940s as part of the Scotland-wide Festival of Museums, for which Edinburgh University Library and Collections took the 1940s …Continue reading →