Category Archives: Opinion pieces
We will be back…
Elaine Walters, IHR Administrator discusses her thoughts and feelings about the IHR temporary relocation and its eventual return to the North Block of Senate House Although we had actually been planning the IHR move for months, I don’t think … Continue reading
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A new (but familiar) home for IHR Digital/Publications
The IHR Publications team (now including IHR Digital) has never been located in one place. At our most dispersed we were divided over four floors, from the old IHR basement to the third floor. For all but the most health … Continue reading
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IHR Relocating: Some thoughts
Matt Phillpott IHR History SPOT Project Officer Today will be the last time that I step into my 3rdfloor office in its current form. Soon I will be in new digs along with the rest of the Institute elsewhere … Continue reading
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The Institute on the move
The 1930s and early 1940s saw the IHR relocated several times. In the summer of 1938, the IHR finally moved into the new Senate House building, although not yet into the space that it occupies today. In the early years … Continue reading
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The crisis of 1926
In 1926 the government proposed to sell back to the original vendors, the Bedford trustees, the entire Bloomsbury site which had been set aside for a range of new University of London buildings. The IHR was given notice to quit … Continue reading
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The IHR’s original home
The Institute of Historical Research has not always occupied its current home. When it opened in 1921 it was based in temporary wooden buildings along Malet Street. Although lacking the grandeur of Senate House, these ‘Tudor style’ huts were purpose … Continue reading
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The VCH red volumes
Author: Jessica Davies (VCH Publications Manager) As Publications Manager for the Victoria County History I must confess that, contrary to popular belief, I do not have my head buried in red volumes every day. Increasingly I find myself working ‘digitally’, … Continue reading
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