#EYAErased
As part of our data cleansing following the move to our new Collection Management System, we are checking collections data to ensure it meets modern archival standards and does not need to be #EYAErased.
#Explore Your Archive
#EYASurprise
Lifting the lid of this burgundy leather suitcase was a #EYASurprise for the Archives team when we uncovered a collection of musical wine glasses packed in vintage newspaper.
#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 for a proposed extension to OUP’s Bindery.
#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).
#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 OED archives.
#EYACrime
Anyone interested in the history of the Oxford English Dictionary will be well acquainted with the tragic tale of Dr. William Chester Minor, but #EYACrime lets us take a deeper look at Minor’s work for the Dictionary.
#EYAWildlife
Wild in name, wild for nature – we’re looking back at Brian Wildsmith’s evocative work for #EYAWildlife.
#EYAConnections
‘It runs in the family’ as the old saying goes, something certainly true of our twentieth century printshop workers.
#EYASparkle
It’s December so time for some #EYASparkle and we bring you gifts from our silver collection.
#EYAReligion
For #EYAReligion we are looking back to Oxford’s very first printing of the Bible – the Authorized or King James version of the Bible, printed in 1675.