Teresa Doherty
@dohertyta.bsky.social
Head of #Archives & #Records (inc #DigitalArchives) & Professional Lead for #HistNursing at Royal College of #Nursing. From chick to butterfly, finding my peeps
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Deadline 15 January 2026!
Special edition journal
Submit now!
The MWHN, in partnership with the JMVHR, will produce its second special issue. With the theme of 'Medical welfare and care of military communities: a collection of historical studies'. #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist
Special edition journal
Submit now!
The MWHN, in partnership with the JMVHR, will produce its second special issue. With the theme of 'Medical welfare and care of military communities: a collection of historical studies'. #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist
January 8, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Deadline 15 January 2026!
Special edition journal
Submit now!
The MWHN, in partnership with the JMVHR, will produce its second special issue. With the theme of 'Medical welfare and care of military communities: a collection of historical studies'. #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist
Special edition journal
Submit now!
The MWHN, in partnership with the JMVHR, will produce its second special issue. With the theme of 'Medical welfare and care of military communities: a collection of historical studies'. #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist
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Did you know our nursing history collection holds nearly 5,000 pamphlets - many over 100 years old?
We are working to make them easier to access for members and researchers by:
🔍 Improving search records
📜 Checking each pamphlet’s condition
📷 Identifying digitisation opportunities
#HistNursing
We are working to make them easier to access for members and researchers by:
🔍 Improving search records
📜 Checking each pamphlet’s condition
📷 Identifying digitisation opportunities
#HistNursing
January 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Did you know our nursing history collection holds nearly 5,000 pamphlets - many over 100 years old?
We are working to make them easier to access for members and researchers by:
🔍 Improving search records
📜 Checking each pamphlet’s condition
📷 Identifying digitisation opportunities
#HistNursing
We are working to make them easier to access for members and researchers by:
🔍 Improving search records
📜 Checking each pamphlet’s condition
📷 Identifying digitisation opportunities
#HistNursing
H is for… #Handling
Wearing gloves whilst handling documents reduces manual dexterity and the ability to assess fragility through touch. Unless items are photographic, metallic or toxic, handling archives with clean and dry hands is generally the best practice.
#KAconservationAtoZ
Wearing gloves whilst handling documents reduces manual dexterity and the ability to assess fragility through touch. Unless items are photographic, metallic or toxic, handling archives with clean and dry hands is generally the best practice.
#KAconservationAtoZ
January 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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#histnursing good to check out ! #histmed
Check out my article, 'Becoming Family', on the parallels present in nursing care during the COVID pandemic and the Second World War. Lord knows, this article was a long time in coming 😮💨
UKAHN's annual publication, the Bulletin, is now available. Thank you to @alannahtomkins.bsky.social, our editor, and to @ww1nursehistorian.bsky.social, our web editor, for creating another wonderful journal featuring the history of nursing. #histnursing bulletin.ukahn.org/vol-12-1-2024/
January 14, 2026 at 12:17 PM
#histnursing good to check out ! #histmed
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www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve... online event open to all one not to miss about activism in nursing in the uk #histnursing @rcnlibraries.bsky.social #histmed
A History of Activism: the Radical Nurses Group | Royal College of Nursing
Join us for an online talk exploring the The Radical Nurses Group's activism work.
www.rcn.org.uk
January 14, 2026 at 12:16 PM
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve... online event open to all one not to miss about activism in nursing in the uk #histnursing @rcnlibraries.bsky.social #histmed
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We’re delighted to announce eight new recipients of the #ArchivesRevealed scoping grants, with our partners The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Pilgrim Trust & @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social
Read all about them here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/3)
📷 © Maya Albagaloo
Read all about them here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/3)
📷 © Maya Albagaloo
January 14, 2026 at 1:57 PM
We’re delighted to announce eight new recipients of the #ArchivesRevealed scoping grants, with our partners The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Pilgrim Trust & @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social
Read all about them here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/3)
📷 © Maya Albagaloo
Read all about them here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/3)
📷 © Maya Albagaloo
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Allow us to draw your attention to this powerful #histnursing #histmed paper on disaster nursing and the UK East Coast Floods of January and February 1953
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‘Britain’s Fight Against the Cruel Sea’: Disaster Nursing and the East Coast Floods of 1953 – The UKAHN Bulletin: ISSN 2049-9744
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January 11, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Allow us to draw your attention to this powerful #histnursing #histmed paper on disaster nursing and the UK East Coast Floods of January and February 1953
bulletin.ukahn.org/britains-fig...
bulletin.ukahn.org/britains-fig...
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Look at the nurse’s face who is facing the patient - compassion ? Anxiety ? Keeping it together ? #histnursing thanks for sharing
Harold Sandys Williamson, 'Human Sacrifice: In an Operating Theatre', 1918. The artist was in charge of operating theatre stretcher-bearers at No 6 General Hospital, Rouen, Jan - Feb 1918 while convalescing during service with 8th King's Royal Rifle Corps. Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
January 13, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Look at the nurse’s face who is facing the patient - compassion ? Anxiety ? Keeping it together ? #histnursing thanks for sharing
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Just a reminder that nursing was, and is, a hazardous occupation . Nurse Dorothy Adams' memorial in the Middlesex Hospital chapel died January 1919 in the global flu pandemic 1918-20. #histnursing #histmed
January 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Riot Grrrl zines, continuation of a long tradition of feminist alternative and grassroots publishing, designs and artworks #womensart
January 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Riot Grrrl zines, continuation of a long tradition of feminist alternative and grassroots publishing, designs and artworks #womensart
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Thanks for sharing … the RCN History of Nursing Forum runs a group #nursesinred to try to address this issue . We too find meeting the notability criteria for many influential nurses of the past challenging #histnursing @dohertyta.bsky.social @rcnlibraries.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk
Illuminating piece on the ‘discoverability gap’: “Women make up only 20% of the biographies found on Wikipedia English.”
womenshistory.si.edu/blog/where-a...
womenshistory.si.edu/blog/where-a...
Where Are All the Women? Notability and Digital Discovery
Rebecca Northen was called the 'Julia Child of Orchids,' yet her story is hard to find online. Discover why women disappear from digital history and what can be done to change it.
womenshistory.si.edu
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Thanks for sharing … the RCN History of Nursing Forum runs a group #nursesinred to try to address this issue . We too find meeting the notability criteria for many influential nurses of the past challenging #histnursing @dohertyta.bsky.social @rcnlibraries.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk
Lovely to see so many friends with @fotwl.bsky.social for The Womens library centenary conference #WomensHistory
Anne Summers chairing
Anne Summers chairing
January 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Lovely to see so many friends with @fotwl.bsky.social for The Womens library centenary conference #WomensHistory
Anne Summers chairing
Anne Summers chairing
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"What kinds of histories and stories might be useful for radical social movements and political struggles today, to overcome the enormous challenges that we face?"
Current and former History Workshop editors reflect on the 50th anniversary of the History Workshop collective.
Current and former History Workshop editors reflect on the 50th anniversary of the History Workshop collective.
Radical Synergies
Three of our past and present editors reflect on the ways in which History Workshop Journal has influenced and inspired their practice during their time on the History Workshop collective.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"What kinds of histories and stories might be useful for radical social movements and political struggles today, to overcome the enormous challenges that we face?"
Current and former History Workshop editors reflect on the 50th anniversary of the History Workshop collective.
Current and former History Workshop editors reflect on the 50th anniversary of the History Workshop collective.
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Thelma Cazalet-Keir MP UK feminist, Conservative Party politician. From 1947 Chair of Equal Pay Campaign Committee, eventually saw principle enshrined in legislation in 1970. Great @wes1919.bsky.social supporter, they collaborated with her campaign b. 28 May 1899 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_...
January 13, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Thelma Cazalet-Keir MP UK feminist, Conservative Party politician. From 1947 Chair of Equal Pay Campaign Committee, eventually saw principle enshrined in legislation in 1970. Great @wes1919.bsky.social supporter, they collaborated with her campaign b. 28 May 1899 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_...
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Free event at the British Library on Monday 9 Feb (18.30 GMT): ‘Web archive research in an age of Smart Data’
Web archive research in an age of Smart Data | British Library
The web represents the largest unstructured data collection, with a huge variety of data types, creators and sources, distributed across the world. The arc
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January 13, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Free event at the British Library on Monday 9 Feb (18.30 GMT): ‘Web archive research in an age of Smart Data’
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From our historic nursing collection: Some Other Children by H.F. Gethen, a nurse who published several books from 1894-1899. Gethen's preface tells us these stories were all inspired by real daily incidents that occurred during her time working in children's hospitals. #HistNursing
January 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
From our historic nursing collection: Some Other Children by H.F. Gethen, a nurse who published several books from 1894-1899. Gethen's preface tells us these stories were all inspired by real daily incidents that occurred during her time working in children's hospitals. #HistNursing
From Brent to Wandle to Quaggy and each time closer to the Old Father….
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 10:12 PM
From Brent to Wandle to Quaggy and each time closer to the Old Father….
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Today's #HistNursing #Badge is Charing Cross Hospital #London
A general hospital est. 1818, it moved in 1973 to #Hammersmith The medal was worn by nurses who trained there, at the throat by the ribbon.
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
See more #RCNArchives badges 👀
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A general hospital est. 1818, it moved in 1973 to #Hammersmith The medal was worn by nurses who trained there, at the throat by the ribbon.
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
See more #RCNArchives badges 👀
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January 12, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Today's #HistNursing #Badge is Charing Cross Hospital #London
A general hospital est. 1818, it moved in 1973 to #Hammersmith The medal was worn by nurses who trained there, at the throat by the ribbon.
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
See more #RCNArchives badges 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
A general hospital est. 1818, it moved in 1973 to #Hammersmith The medal was worn by nurses who trained there, at the throat by the ribbon.
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
See more #RCNArchives badges 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
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Come & work with me! Senior Archivist (Military Records Project) at The National Archives (UK). £39.5k pa. Apply by Sunday 25 January. #ArchivesJobs
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
January 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Come & work with me! Senior Archivist (Military Records Project) at The National Archives (UK). £39.5k pa. Apply by Sunday 25 January. #ArchivesJobs
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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Looking for more heritage accounts?
More than 450 UK galleries, library special collections, archives and museums on Bluesky are listed at bsky.app/profile/did:...
More than 450 UK galleries, library special collections, archives and museums on Bluesky are listed at bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Looking for more heritage accounts?
More than 450 UK galleries, library special collections, archives and museums on Bluesky are listed at bsky.app/profile/did:...
More than 450 UK galleries, library special collections, archives and museums on Bluesky are listed at bsky.app/profile/did:...
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A Bluesky challenge!
We've got so many great heritage/GLAM accounts here now, that some are flying under the radar
From national organisations to niche collections, these active accounts are all (at time of posting) under 500 followers-lowest at 9-how many can we get over 500?
go.bsky.app/U16Nwsw
We've got so many great heritage/GLAM accounts here now, that some are flying under the radar
From national organisations to niche collections, these active accounts are all (at time of posting) under 500 followers-lowest at 9-how many can we get over 500?
go.bsky.app/U16Nwsw
January 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A Bluesky challenge!
We've got so many great heritage/GLAM accounts here now, that some are flying under the radar
From national organisations to niche collections, these active accounts are all (at time of posting) under 500 followers-lowest at 9-how many can we get over 500?
go.bsky.app/U16Nwsw
We've got so many great heritage/GLAM accounts here now, that some are flying under the radar
From national organisations to niche collections, these active accounts are all (at time of posting) under 500 followers-lowest at 9-how many can we get over 500?
go.bsky.app/U16Nwsw
Today's #HistNursing #Badge is Charing Cross Hospital #London
A general hospital est. 1818, it moved in 1973 to #Hammersmith The medal was worn by nurses who trained there, at the throat by the ribbon.
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
See more #RCNArchives badges 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
A general hospital est. 1818, it moved in 1973 to #Hammersmith The medal was worn by nurses who trained there, at the throat by the ribbon.
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
See more #RCNArchives badges 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
January 12, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Today's #HistNursing #Badge is Charing Cross Hospital #London
A general hospital est. 1818, it moved in 1973 to #Hammersmith The medal was worn by nurses who trained there, at the throat by the ribbon.
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
See more #RCNArchives badges 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
A general hospital est. 1818, it moved in 1973 to #Hammersmith The medal was worn by nurses who trained there, at the throat by the ribbon.
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
See more #RCNArchives badges 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
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What remains is the long yawn back
to fallowness, this Monday morning’s
grey road …
remote from summer’s deep rustle,
its tussled length of hours.
Only this: the small pony & boy
now swallowed in time, a slow, iced air
breathing from the north,
roots entwined in the dark earth
Mary O’Donnell
to fallowness, this Monday morning’s
grey road …
remote from summer’s deep rustle,
its tussled length of hours.
Only this: the small pony & boy
now swallowed in time, a slow, iced air
breathing from the north,
roots entwined in the dark earth
Mary O’Donnell
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
What remains is the long yawn back
to fallowness, this Monday morning’s
grey road …
remote from summer’s deep rustle,
its tussled length of hours.
Only this: the small pony & boy
now swallowed in time, a slow, iced air
breathing from the north,
roots entwined in the dark earth
Mary O’Donnell
to fallowness, this Monday morning’s
grey road …
remote from summer’s deep rustle,
its tussled length of hours.
Only this: the small pony & boy
now swallowed in time, a slow, iced air
breathing from the north,
roots entwined in the dark earth
Mary O’Donnell
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Design for an artificial hand from Les œuvres d’Ambroise Paré, c.1585. Ambroise Pare was a pioneer of battlefield medicine and surgery and devised many prostheses. This hand had springs and catches which mimicked the movement of joints.
#histmed
#histmed
January 12, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Design for an artificial hand from Les œuvres d’Ambroise Paré, c.1585. Ambroise Pare was a pioneer of battlefield medicine and surgery and devised many prostheses. This hand had springs and catches which mimicked the movement of joints.
#histmed
#histmed
Nurses home Napier, New Zealand after earthquake
In the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake eight off-duty nurses and three office staff at the Napier Nurses’ Home died, and six others were seriously injured by the collapse.
In the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake eight off-duty nurses and three office staff at the Napier Nurses’ Home died, and six others were seriously injured by the collapse.
January 12, 2026 at 12:07 PM