Stories
- Article
Native Americans through the 19th-century lens
The stories behind Rinehart's photographs may not be as black and white as they first appear.
- Article
Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
- Article
Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
- Article
Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
TRADESMEN'S CIRCULARS AND ADVERTISEMENTS
Date: Early - mid 19th centuryReference: RET/4/8Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES AND PRESCRIPTIONS
Date: Early - mid 19th centuryReference: RET/4/7Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Dietary Papers
Date: c 1870s - 1930sReference: RET/4/4/1/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Books
Collection of appliances and apparatus for the prevention of accidents in factories / Society for the Protection of Accidents in Factories, Mulhouse (Alsace).
Association pour prévenir des accidents de fabriqueDate: 1895- Archives and manuscripts
Robert Bartlett, lecture on Newfoundland sealing industry
Date: Late 19th century - early 20th centuryReference: MS.7489/3Part of: Polar Exploration: Townsend Thorndike Collection