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#EYAArchitecture

#EYAArchitecture allows us to bring one of our building models from storage and to play with tiny cars and trees! The model shown here was constructed by Architects Design Partnership in the mid-1960s...

Alice’s Day

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a children’s story that has captivated the world since its publication in the 1860s. The book is celebrated each year on 4th July...

Thomas Combe (1796-1872)

Some two hundred years ago, the University began to develop OUP’s present site in what is today Great Clarendon Street...

#EYAColourful

We're taking a #EYAColourful look at cover design from the 1960/70s with this insight into the cover illustration of The Hospital by Sheena Porter (1973)...

Don’t worry, bee happy

Normally, having insects in an archive is not what you want at all, but for World Bee Day we’ve ventured into the shelves to find some archival bees!...

#EYAHandwriting

Transcribing handwritten historic documents is a sometimes fun and sometimes frustrating part of being an Archivist. #EYAHandwriting lets us show you the good, the bad, and the ugly from within the...