Rachel MacGregor
@anoldhand.bsky.social
Digital Preservation Officer at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. Interested in digital preservation, archives and public engagement. Also random public transport content. Views my own unless a repost. She/her.
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Match-box makers, c.1906
In 1906 'sweated' (poorly paid) homeworkers were put on public display as part of a 6 week exhibition organised by the Daily News
The exhibition handbook included photos of workers (mostly women) in their usual domestic working conditions
warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
In 1906 'sweated' (poorly paid) homeworkers were put on public display as part of a 6 week exhibition organised by the Daily News
The exhibition handbook included photos of workers (mostly women) in their usual domestic working conditions
warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
February 16, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Match-box makers, c.1906
In 1906 'sweated' (poorly paid) homeworkers were put on public display as part of a 6 week exhibition organised by the Daily News
The exhibition handbook included photos of workers (mostly women) in their usual domestic working conditions
warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
In 1906 'sweated' (poorly paid) homeworkers were put on public display as part of a 6 week exhibition organised by the Daily News
The exhibition handbook included photos of workers (mostly women) in their usual domestic working conditions
warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
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Happy Birthday to Frederick Douglass who didn’t know his birthday because he was born into slavery so he chose February 14 as his birthday.
February 14, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Happy Birthday to Frederick Douglass who didn’t know his birthday because he was born into slavery so he chose February 14 as his birthday.
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Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox
February 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox
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Keen to share your thoughts on our 3-year digital capacity building strategy?
We’ve commissioned consultant Simon Wilson to run an independent series of focus group discussions on Our Digital Century and Novice to Know-How!
Find out more and sign up for a session: simonpwilson.com/client-area/...
We’ve commissioned consultant Simon Wilson to run an independent series of focus group discussions on Our Digital Century and Novice to Know-How!
Find out more and sign up for a session: simonpwilson.com/client-area/...
February 12, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Keen to share your thoughts on our 3-year digital capacity building strategy?
We’ve commissioned consultant Simon Wilson to run an independent series of focus group discussions on Our Digital Century and Novice to Know-How!
Find out more and sign up for a session: simonpwilson.com/client-area/...
We’ve commissioned consultant Simon Wilson to run an independent series of focus group discussions on Our Digital Century and Novice to Know-How!
Find out more and sign up for a session: simonpwilson.com/client-area/...
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We are pleased to announce that #nttw10 conference will take place in October 14-16 at the Filmoteka Narodowa - Instytut Audiowizualny, Warsaw! 🤩
Registration and call for proposals will open on February 12th at noon CET at mediaarea.net/NoTimeToWait10!
Registration and call for proposals will open on February 12th at noon CET at mediaarea.net/NoTimeToWait10!
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
We are pleased to announce that #nttw10 conference will take place in October 14-16 at the Filmoteka Narodowa - Instytut Audiowizualny, Warsaw! 🤩
Registration and call for proposals will open on February 12th at noon CET at mediaarea.net/NoTimeToWait10!
Registration and call for proposals will open on February 12th at noon CET at mediaarea.net/NoTimeToWait10!
I often think it but today I thought I would say how extremely useful I find the @oralhistsoc.bsky.social 's guidance is - big hand for all their work 🙌
February 11, 2026 at 10:06 AM
I often think it but today I thought I would say how extremely useful I find the @oralhistsoc.bsky.social 's guidance is - big hand for all their work 🙌
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Well this is a very touching local news story.
Leicester Cathedral reveals sign language wedding held in 1576
Cathedral bosses believe the signed service could have been one of the first in England.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Well this is a very touching local news story.
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As ever, when sport is underway, we turn to the expertise of Sportfolio for that peak period in the 1890s when moustaches and sporting endeavour combined
London skaters Hiam & Syers struck a pose in 1896, "despite...our climate" & the routine absence of snow
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CTC/...
London skaters Hiam & Syers struck a pose in 1896, "despite...our climate" & the routine absence of snow
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CTC/...
February 10, 2026 at 1:45 PM
As ever, when sport is underway, we turn to the expertise of Sportfolio for that peak period in the 1890s when moustaches and sporting endeavour combined
London skaters Hiam & Syers struck a pose in 1896, "despite...our climate" & the routine absence of snow
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CTC/...
London skaters Hiam & Syers struck a pose in 1896, "despite...our climate" & the routine absence of snow
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CTC/...
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Transatlantic Anti-Slavery Wiki Edit-a-thon (Workshop)
leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...
THIS Friday. Everybody welcome 😀
In partnership with @urochester.bsky.social and @wikimediauk.bsky.social
Facilitated by @yclepit.bsky.social, with an intro from @jsendall.bsky.social
leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...
THIS Friday. Everybody welcome 😀
In partnership with @urochester.bsky.social and @wikimediauk.bsky.social
Facilitated by @yclepit.bsky.social, with an intro from @jsendall.bsky.social
Transatlantic Anti-Slavery Wiki Edit-a-thon (Workshop)
Leeds has a rich but often overlooked tradition of anti-slavery activism that it shares with Rochester, New York. These cities were linked by correspondence and shared activism,...
leeds.libcal.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Transatlantic Anti-Slavery Wiki Edit-a-thon (Workshop)
leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...
THIS Friday. Everybody welcome 😀
In partnership with @urochester.bsky.social and @wikimediauk.bsky.social
Facilitated by @yclepit.bsky.social, with an intro from @jsendall.bsky.social
leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...
THIS Friday. Everybody welcome 😀
In partnership with @urochester.bsky.social and @wikimediauk.bsky.social
Facilitated by @yclepit.bsky.social, with an intro from @jsendall.bsky.social
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#BirminghamHistory a new addition to Preservica Universal Access is a cine film of 1930s Moseley by Dr Colin Bradsworth - founder member of the Birmingham Clarion Singers who was a medical officer during the Spanish Civil War: tinyurl.com/MS-5210-Mose... Ref: MS 5210 #LibraryofBham
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
#BirminghamHistory a new addition to Preservica Universal Access is a cine film of 1930s Moseley by Dr Colin Bradsworth - founder member of the Birmingham Clarion Singers who was a medical officer during the Spanish Civil War: tinyurl.com/MS-5210-Mose... Ref: MS 5210 #LibraryofBham
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Thanks to Warwick Digital Archives, but also the Marxist Internet Archive and the Internet Archive who make amazing historical documents like this available to unaffiliated researchers like me
#MollyMurphy #HistNursing
#MollyMurphy #HistNursing
Papers of Tom Mann
wdc.contentdm.oclc.org
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Thanks to Warwick Digital Archives, but also the Marxist Internet Archive and the Internet Archive who make amazing historical documents like this available to unaffiliated researchers like me
#MollyMurphy #HistNursing
#MollyMurphy #HistNursing
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Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
La date du 16 juin avait été dans un premier temps pressentie pour son entrée au Panthéon, mais la cérémonie a dû être décalée de quelques jours en raison du G7 à Evian-les-Bains.
www.lemonde.fr
February 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
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East Kilbride pals! For my next project I’m looking to chat to someone knowledgable about the early days and buildings of the new town. Any suggestions?
February 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
East Kilbride pals! For my next project I’m looking to chat to someone knowledgable about the early days and buildings of the new town. Any suggestions?
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I would simply close the window of my banqueting hall so a bird could not fly through to experience a single moment of warmth and light in an eternity of darkness
February 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I would simply close the window of my banqueting hall so a bird could not fly through to experience a single moment of warmth and light in an eternity of darkness
This is an excellent blog post and a lot of what @historyhelen123.bsky.social writes about is very familar territory as we are making a similar journey (albeit with very different systems and material). Good to note the need for staff training and guidance for the public (which is a lot of work!).
New #DPC Blog is up! Read about The Postal Museum’s journey to making their born-digital collections publicly accessible online 👉 www.dpconline.org/blog/blog-pa...
February 6, 2026 at 10:22 AM
This is an excellent blog post and a lot of what @historyhelen123.bsky.social writes about is very familar territory as we are making a similar journey (albeit with very different systems and material). Good to note the need for staff training and guidance for the public (which is a lot of work!).
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Archivists! A plea! Please think through your reference numbers. I’m been giggling like a nine year old all afternoon as I photographed the B/UM collection.
February 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Archivists! A plea! Please think through your reference numbers. I’m been giggling like a nine year old all afternoon as I photographed the B/UM collection.
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The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
Guidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultation
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
January 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
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CLOSING NEXT WEEK 🚨
Send us your feedback on The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, Our Digital Century, that ends this year! Your responses will help us evaluate the programme and ensure future initiatives meet the sector’s needs: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OISX44/ (1/2)
Send us your feedback on The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, Our Digital Century, that ends this year! Your responses will help us evaluate the programme and ensure future initiatives meet the sector’s needs: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OISX44/ (1/2)
January 22, 2026 at 4:31 PM
CLOSING NEXT WEEK 🚨
Send us your feedback on The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, Our Digital Century, that ends this year! Your responses will help us evaluate the programme and ensure future initiatives meet the sector’s needs: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OISX44/ (1/2)
Send us your feedback on The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, Our Digital Century, that ends this year! Your responses will help us evaluate the programme and ensure future initiatives meet the sector’s needs: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OISX44/ (1/2)
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📣Apply for Small Grants Funding!
Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment?
⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment?
⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
Small Grants
The Social History Society maintains a Small Grants Fund to support our members to carry out research activities and hold events. We give priority to activities and event that would otherwise remai…
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January 23, 2026 at 4:52 PM
📣Apply for Small Grants Funding!
Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment?
⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment?
⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
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🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
warwick-careers.tal.net
February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
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This 👇but EVERY day 🫂#worldcancerday2026
February 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
This 👇but EVERY day 🫂#worldcancerday2026
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New DPC blog post: Supporting COPTR, our community-owned tool registry www.dpconline.org/blog/support... #DigiPres
Supporting COPTR, our community-owned tool registry - Digital Preservation Coalition
www.dpconline.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
New DPC blog post: Supporting COPTR, our community-owned tool registry www.dpconline.org/blog/support... #DigiPres
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Three scholarships for PhD in Arthur Scargill Archive - quite the opportunity. Believe me when I say that I am sure that some of the stuff in here will be quite the eye-opener! (if the good stuff hasn't been already shredded or slapped with an embargo)
FindAPhD : PhD Studentships to support doctoral research in the Arthur Scargill Archive at the University of Sheffield at University of Sheffield
Apply for a PhD: PhD Studentships to support doctoral research in the Arthur Scargill Archive at the University of Sheffield at University of Sheffield
www.findaphd.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Three scholarships for PhD in Arthur Scargill Archive - quite the opportunity. Believe me when I say that I am sure that some of the stuff in here will be quite the eye-opener! (if the good stuff hasn't been already shredded or slapped with an embargo)
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Day 2 of our Collections Development Week and we've been re-boxing letters from the archive of journalist, musician and broadcaster Miles Kington. He began his career at Punch magazine and later became famous for his 'Franglais' columns and books.
February 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Day 2 of our Collections Development Week and we've been re-boxing letters from the archive of journalist, musician and broadcaster Miles Kington. He began his career at Punch magazine and later became famous for his 'Franglais' columns and books.
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You can find a (very) brief history of St Agatha's, Sparkbrook - and the many, many churches of a host of denominations in volume 7 of our #Warwickshire series (published in 1964) and available @bho.bsky.social 🗃️:
February 2, 2026 at 4:07 PM
You can find a (very) brief history of St Agatha's, Sparkbrook - and the many, many churches of a host of denominations in volume 7 of our #Warwickshire series (published in 1964) and available @bho.bsky.social 🗃️: