Stories
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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.
Catalogue
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Catalogi veteres librorum Ecclesiæ Cathedralis Dunelm : Catalogues of the library of Durham cathedral, at various periods, from the Conquest to the Dissolution, including catalogues of the library of the Abbey of Hulne, and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham.
Durham Cathedral. Library.Date: [1839]- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence with Reading University about the sale of Underwood's library
Date: 1977-1979Reference: PP/EAU/C.13Part of: Underwood, Edgar Ashworth (1899-1980)- Archives and manuscripts
Addendum to Main Libraries pp.(1)-(232) with some rough notes relating to the library and cataloguing, 1979
Date: 1970sReference: PP/EAU/C.7Part of: Underwood, Edgar Ashworth (1899-1980)- Books
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A catalogue of dyer's circulating library, in the college, Exon; Containing between 3 and 4000 volumes, of the principal books in the English language, including those lately published, which are lent for reading, at 12s. per year, - 4s. per quarter, or by the volume. Catalogues, Price Sixpence, to be had at the library.
Dyer, G. (Gilbert), 1743-1820.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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A catalogue of several thousand volumes ... including ... the ... library, of ... Robert Nash, ... Which will be sold ... on Monday, December 19th 1752. ... By John Woodyer, bookseller. ... in Fleet-Street. ... Catalogues may be had gratis of Mr. Dodsley, ... Mr. Chappelle, ... Mr. Whitridge, ... Mr. Fletcher, at Oxon. Mr. Merrill at Cambridge, Mr. Chase at Norwich, and at the place of sale.
Woodyer, John.Date: 1752]