Stories
- Article
Birth, babies and boxes of memories
With memories of her baby in neonatal intensive care still fresh, Erin Beeston decides to unearth the poignant objects her family kept following births, going back as far as Victorian times.
- In pictures
When civilisation made people sick
Sickness from nervous exhaustion is not a new thing. Over a hundred years ago, neurasthenia afflicted society’s ‘brain-workers’.
- Article
Dazzling luxury
As the 20th century dawned, both elite and masses basked in the marvellous and unearthly glow of the new electric illumination.
- Article
The enduring myth of the mad genius
There’s a fine line to tread between creativity and psychosis.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries
Date: 1802-1924Reference: MS.7400- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellany: German, 19th-20th centuries
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.7651- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries
Date: 1809-1944Reference: MS.7312- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries
Date: 1804-1946Reference: MS.7780- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellany: German, 19th-20th centuries
Date: 1823-1925Reference: MS.7424