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Cataloguing Audrey

Work begins in earnest to restore order to the archive Audrey Amiss kept of the minutest happenings in her life. Like detectives, the archivists search for subtle clues to chronology in the mass of materials.

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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist

Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.

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Conserving Audrey

Elena describes how specially designed storage allows Audrey’s scrapbooks to retain all traces of her creative process, although their intrinsic fragility means deterioration is almost inevitable.

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Audrey in the world

As the collection is fully catalogued, the archive is opened up to the public. A feature film about Audrey premieres, and Audrey gets her own Wikipedia page, so people can learn about her. For archivist Elena, it’s time to step back.

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  • View of printed catalogues in Wellcome Library
  • Dutch Royal Library: sellers catalogue, 1923
  • A catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library / with a foreword by Sir Henry Hallett Dale.
  • A catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library / with a foreword by Sir Henry Hallett Dale.
  • A catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library / with a foreword by Sir Henry Hallett Dale.
  • A catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library / with a foreword by Sir Henry Hallett Dale.
  • A catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library / with a foreword by Sir Henry Hallett Dale.
  • A catalogue of the valuable library ... Which will be sold by auction, by Leigh and Sotheby ... February 6, 1786, and ... the eleven following days / [John Lewis Petit].
  • A catalogue of the ... library ... Which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. King and Chapman ... on ... June 29, 1789, and the eight following days / [Thomas Healde].
  • Catalogue of the library removed from Stowe House, Buckinghamshire. Which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & Co. ... on ... 8th January, 1849, & eleven following days ... and ... 29th January, 1849, & eleven following days.
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