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
Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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The tower in fiction, film and life
The high-rise estates born of postwar idealism soon became symbols of crime and squalor. But after one terrible tragedy, public bodies are being forced to rethink our towers.
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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman
How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Notes by Dalton
Date: 18th century - 19th centuryReference: MS.7848/9-10Part of: Dalton, John (1766-1844), chemist, originator of modern atomic theory of matter- Archives and manuscripts
Drawing of a Pig Shoot
Date: 19th CenturyReference: GALTON/1/1/12/1/4Part of: Galton Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Drawing Showing a Boat Crossing the River Derwent
Date: 19th CenturyReference: GALTON/1/1/12/1/7Part of: Galton Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Bunsen, Robert (1811-1899), German chemist
Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899Date: 19th centuryReference: MS.8802- Archives and manuscripts
Photograph of Human Figure Carved into Rock at Sarawat
Date: Late 19th CenturyReference: GALTON/1/2/4/11/15Part of: Galton Papers