Carl Linnaeus's beloved pet raccoon, Sjupp, was a gift from the King of Sweden, and regularly stole snacks from Linnaeus's students. This drawing is thought to be Sjupp. (LM/PF/ALS/1) #EYAPets
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Carl Linnaeus's beloved pet raccoon, Sjupp, was a gift from the King of Sweden, and regularly stole snacks from Linnaeus's students. This drawing is thought to be Sjupp. (LM/PF/ALS/1) #EYAPets
Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAPets
“The 5th Marquess of Anglesey, Henry Cyril Paget and the Japanese Spaniel”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
“The 5th Marquess of Anglesey, Henry Cyril Paget and the Japanese Spaniel”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAPets
“The 5th Marquess of Anglesey, Henry Cyril Paget and the Japanese Spaniel”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
“The 5th Marquess of Anglesey, Henry Cyril Paget and the Japanese Spaniel”
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
On day 5 of the Explore Your Archive focus week we want to see all of your furry (or hairless) #EYAPets | #EYAPeataí! Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
On day 5 of the Explore Your Archive focus week we want to see all of your furry (or hairless) #EYAPets | #EYAPeataí! Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
The Boy Who Drew Cats from the Ringling North collection.
Lafcadio Hearn, in The Boy Who Drew Cats, retells a Japanese folk tale and explores themes of creativity and individuality.
#EYAPets #ExploreYourArchive
Lafcadio Hearn, in The Boy Who Drew Cats, retells a Japanese folk tale and explores themes of creativity and individuality.
#EYAPets #ExploreYourArchive
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Boy Who Drew Cats from the Ringling North collection.
Lafcadio Hearn, in The Boy Who Drew Cats, retells a Japanese folk tale and explores themes of creativity and individuality.
#EYAPets #ExploreYourArchive
Lafcadio Hearn, in The Boy Who Drew Cats, retells a Japanese folk tale and explores themes of creativity and individuality.
#EYAPets #ExploreYourArchive
Half-length picture of woman by Utamaro Kitagawa c.1804 shows her holding a pet dog in her arms https://ow.ly/qeeH50X8roe #EYAPets
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Half-length picture of woman by Utamaro Kitagawa c.1804 shows her holding a pet dog in her arms https://ow.ly/qeeH50X8roe #EYAPets
We’re now halfway through #ExploreYourArchive Focus Week! 😮 Today’s theme is #EYAPets - we can’t wait to meet the creatures in your collections 🐶🐱🐰
Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag! 👍
Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag! 👍
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We’re now halfway through #ExploreYourArchive Focus Week! 😮 Today’s theme is #EYAPets - we can’t wait to meet the creatures in your collections 🐶🐱🐰
Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag! 👍
Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag! 👍
At Bexley we have a huge collection of images taken by amateur photographer Arthur Boswell. As well as local landmarks, he liked to photograph people, including his gardener whose dogs liked to pose for the camera. #EYAPets #ExploreYourArchive
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
At Bexley we have a huge collection of images taken by amateur photographer Arthur Boswell. As well as local landmarks, he liked to photograph people, including his gardener whose dogs liked to pose for the camera. #EYAPets #ExploreYourArchive
#EYAPets The #britishmuseum is known to have many cats, & a Cat Society to look after them. Brought in to manage mice, their numbers rose to more than 100 in the 1980s! Staff & Directors also had pets, such as Mike the cat, & the dog laying by the fire in the Director’s living room! #archives #cats
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#EYAPets The #britishmuseum is known to have many cats, & a Cat Society to look after them. Brought in to manage mice, their numbers rose to more than 100 in the 1980s! Staff & Directors also had pets, such as Mike the cat, & the dog laying by the fire in the Director’s living room! #archives #cats
Some more #EYAPets in our archives!
Siobhán McKenna's dogs, a terrier called Pegeen Mike, and her beloved elkhound, Rory. After Rory passed away, a friend of Siobhán's wrote this tribute to him.
#ExploreYourArchive
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Siobhán McKenna's dogs, a terrier called Pegeen Mike, and her beloved elkhound, Rory. After Rory passed away, a friend of Siobhán's wrote this tribute to him.
#ExploreYourArchive
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Some more #EYAPets in our archives!
Siobhán McKenna's dogs, a terrier called Pegeen Mike, and her beloved elkhound, Rory. After Rory passed away, a friend of Siobhán's wrote this tribute to him.
#ExploreYourArchive
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Siobhán McKenna's dogs, a terrier called Pegeen Mike, and her beloved elkhound, Rory. After Rory passed away, a friend of Siobhán's wrote this tribute to him.
#ExploreYourArchive
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
This group photograph was taken in around 1900. It shows the employees of J S Shepton, builder, of Station Road, Penarth, outside the company’s office. The smart clothes and buttonholes suggest it was a special occasion. And if you look carefully, you’ll be able to spot their pet dog.
#EYAPets
#EYAPets
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This group photograph was taken in around 1900. It shows the employees of J S Shepton, builder, of Station Road, Penarth, outside the company’s office. The smart clothes and buttonholes suggest it was a special occasion. And if you look carefully, you’ll be able to spot their pet dog.
#EYAPets
#EYAPets
Mrs Wire with her cat in Leytonstone, 1890s. Photograph by Alfred Wire, headmaster of Harrow Green Boys' School, and a keen local photographer. #EYAPets #ExploreYourArchive @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Mrs Wire with her cat in Leytonstone, 1890s. Photograph by Alfred Wire, headmaster of Harrow Green Boys' School, and a keen local photographer. #EYAPets #ExploreYourArchive @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
For #EYAPets we have - cat paw prints on a dusty shelf! Not sure if this is what @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social had in mind but we think they're cute. And that is absolutely the reason we haven't dusted the shelf....
PS - no, we unfortunately don't have a library cat in residence 🐈
PS - no, we unfortunately don't have a library cat in residence 🐈
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
For #EYAPets we have - cat paw prints on a dusty shelf! Not sure if this is what @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social had in mind but we think they're cute. And that is absolutely the reason we haven't dusted the shelf....
PS - no, we unfortunately don't have a library cat in residence 🐈
PS - no, we unfortunately don't have a library cat in residence 🐈
For today's Explore Archives - #EYAPets: the amazing Amy Dillwyn, pioneer of industry AND lesbian fiction, with her pet dog. For her diary see www.southwalesrecordsociety.co.uk/37.htm
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
For today's Explore Archives - #EYAPets: the amazing Amy Dillwyn, pioneer of industry AND lesbian fiction, with her pet dog. For her diary see www.southwalesrecordsociety.co.uk/37.htm
Here's Nancy McCarthy with her two poodles 'Mike' and 'Mel' #EYAPets #archives @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Here's Nancy McCarthy with her two poodles 'Mike' and 'Mel' #EYAPets #archives @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is Pets… so we've dug out this footage of movement theorist Rudolf Laban's pet cat, Ico! 🐈⬛
📽️These clips are taken from amateur film recordings within the Rudolf Laban Archive [L/J uncat.].
🔗 See our website for more details on our Laban collections.
#EYAPets
📽️These clips are taken from amateur film recordings within the Rudolf Laban Archive [L/J uncat.].
🔗 See our website for more details on our Laban collections.
#EYAPets
December 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is Pets… so we've dug out this footage of movement theorist Rudolf Laban's pet cat, Ico! 🐈⬛
📽️These clips are taken from amateur film recordings within the Rudolf Laban Archive [L/J uncat.].
🔗 See our website for more details on our Laban collections.
#EYAPets
📽️These clips are taken from amateur film recordings within the Rudolf Laban Archive [L/J uncat.].
🔗 See our website for more details on our Laban collections.
#EYAPets
Day 5 of #ExploreYourArchive and it's all about #EYAPets in our collections.
www.library.wales/news/article...
www.library.wales/news/article...
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Day 5 of #ExploreYourArchive and it's all about #EYAPets in our collections.
www.library.wales/news/article...
www.library.wales/news/article...
For #EYAPets we are highlighting the Will of Thomas Knox registered on 1st July 1721 in the Registry of Deeds. It includes great detail on how he was bequeathing his estate and possessions, including bestowing his animals to many of his friends and family.
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
For #EYAPets we are highlighting the Will of Thomas Knox registered on 1st July 1721 in the Registry of Deeds. It includes great detail on how he was bequeathing his estate and possessions, including bestowing his animals to many of his friends and family.
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAPets
From his Presidential archive, a photograph of Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, with his friend Richard Kearney and his family, along with his two dogs Bród and Misneach, 31 Jan 2016.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
From his Presidential archive, a photograph of Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, with his friend Richard Kearney and his family, along with his two dogs Bród and Misneach, 31 Jan 2016.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAPets
From his Presidential archive, a photograph of Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, with his friend Richard Kearney and his family, along with his two dogs Bród and Misneach, 31 Jan 2016.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
From his Presidential archive, a photograph of Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, with his friend Richard Kearney and his family, along with his two dogs Bród and Misneach, 31 Jan 2016.
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Dyma adroddiad blynyddol 1947 ar gyfer Cangen RSPCA Sir Fynwy a gafodd ei sefydlu ym 1824.
#AEAAnifeiliaidanwes #EYAPets
#AEAAnifeiliaidanwes #EYAPets
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Dyma adroddiad blynyddol 1947 ar gyfer Cangen RSPCA Sir Fynwy a gafodd ei sefydlu ym 1824.
#AEAAnifeiliaidanwes #EYAPets
#AEAAnifeiliaidanwes #EYAPets
The cutie in this picture is called 'Rags'. The photo, taken late C19th, is from the papers of John Charles Oswald, a British tea merchant in China. More of Oswald's photographs are available to view online here: https://ow.ly/RgBp50XuwkN #EYAPets
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The cutie in this picture is called 'Rags'. The photo, taken late C19th, is from the papers of John Charles Oswald, a British tea merchant in China. More of Oswald's photographs are available to view online here: https://ow.ly/RgBp50XuwkN #EYAPets
🎉 Exciting announcement….🎉
The daily themes for EYA Focus Week are here!! ✨
Focus Week will take place from the 29th November to the 7th December. It’s time to start planning your posts! 👀 We can’t wait to see them in November ❤️
#ExploreYourArchive
The daily themes for EYA Focus Week are here!! ✨
Focus Week will take place from the 29th November to the 7th December. It’s time to start planning your posts! 👀 We can’t wait to see them in November ❤️
#ExploreYourArchive
August 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🎉 Exciting announcement….🎉
The daily themes for EYA Focus Week are here!! ✨
Focus Week will take place from the 29th November to the 7th December. It’s time to start planning your posts! 👀 We can’t wait to see them in November ❤️
#ExploreYourArchive
The daily themes for EYA Focus Week are here!! ✨
Focus Week will take place from the 29th November to the 7th December. It’s time to start planning your posts! 👀 We can’t wait to see them in November ❤️
#ExploreYourArchive
Dog health in #EarlyModern recipe books! The 6th recipe down in the 1st image asserts that ox blood poured into an open wound ‘cureth ye scabs in dogs,’ and the treatment for mange involves train oil (from whales), soap, gunpowder, and flower of brimstone (sulphur)
#ExploreArchives #EYAPets
#ExploreArchives #EYAPets
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Dog health in #EarlyModern recipe books! The 6th recipe down in the 1st image asserts that ox blood poured into an open wound ‘cureth ye scabs in dogs,’ and the treatment for mange involves train oil (from whales), soap, gunpowder, and flower of brimstone (sulphur)
#ExploreArchives #EYAPets
#ExploreArchives #EYAPets
There’s a long history of pets in the hospital - how many animals you can spot in this photo of an 1850s ward? The Victorians believed a homely environment, with pets, was beneficial for patients. Today, we have our own Hospital cat, who has to be gently kept away from our artworks…
#EYAPets #Arlo
#EYAPets #Arlo
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Today's Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAPets, and we've picked some more items from the Scottish Theatre Archive. Amongst this collection of autographed theatrical postcards are a number featuring actor John Martin Harvey posing with his dogs 🐕
Refs: STA Gen 15/1/14, 13 & 12
Refs: STA Gen 15/1/14, 13 & 12
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Today's Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAPets, and we've picked some more items from the Scottish Theatre Archive. Amongst this collection of autographed theatrical postcards are a number featuring actor John Martin Harvey posing with his dogs 🐕
Refs: STA Gen 15/1/14, 13 & 12
Refs: STA Gen 15/1/14, 13 & 12