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I see your guineapig and raise you a guineapig AND a bunny 🐰@ermerlindaj.bsky.social

Ref @nursingtimes.bsky.social Dec 1987
April 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
rcpmuseum.bsky.social
These beautiful plant drawings were made by an unnamed Chinese artist, possibly at the behest of colonialist John Bradby Blake in 1771-2. Ordinary sticky tape is a nightmare for archives, but acid-free repair tape can be used to patch up torn pages.

#ExploreArchives #EYAConservation
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
ermerlindaj.bsky.social
Surprising what you find when you #explorearchives. Sister holding a guineapig, c1910 #archiveanimals
November 17, 2024 at 1:51 PM
erinmck96.bsky.social
Pictured are Figwort and Honeysuckle plants.
#EYADomhan #EYAEarth #explorearchives #cuardaighdochartlann @araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social
#ExploreYourArchive is here! And 1st up it's behind-the-scenes with #EYADecisions - How do we decide what to keep? Do we accept artefacts and the weird and wonderful? Find out 👇
#librarydmu #explorearchives @dmuleicester.bsky.social #archives
November 21, 2024 at 9:05 AM
hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
A picture of some Basque refugee children playing games and crafting outdoors @explorearchives #EYAFunandGames (MS370)
A black and white photo of four children playing golf and crafting on a blanket
May 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
rcpmuseum.bsky.social
It’s hard to remove archives safely from envelopes that open at 1 end. We’re repackaging with 4-flap folders that can be opened without damaging the contents. These letters from Eugène Dupuy to Charles Édouard Brown-Séquard can now be accessed more easily & safely

#ExploreArchives #EYAConservation
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
erinmck96.bsky.social
#EYATiny A collection of labels for tinctures, medications, general remedies & products sold by Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson Pharmaceutical Chemists (1897/1998), if you zoom in you’ll be able to see just how #tiny some of them are! @araireland.bsky.social #histmed #explorearchives #pharmacy
November 23, 2024 at 11:14 AM
erinmck96.bsky.social
For #EYAFashion I wanted to share these images from the General Nursing Council for England and Wales’ ‘Instructions with Regard to Uniform and Badge which may be worn by Registered Nurses’ published in 1931 @araireland.bsky.social #nursinghistory #histmed #explorearchives
November 25, 2024 at 9:37 AM
ermerlindaj.bsky.social
Wonder if Bart's Assistant Matron's dog & Catering team cat were acquainted c1920s? #archiveanimals #explorearchives
November 17, 2024 at 10:53 AM
exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
Explore Your Archive Focus Week begins tomorrow! 🎉

Every day between 21 November and 30 November we'll be sharing insights and treats from the archives based around nine different themes.

Tomorrow's theme: Decisions!

#ExploreYourArchive #ExploreArchives #EYA #Archives
Collage of 40 images of archives and rare books held at the University of Exeter Special Collections.
November 20, 2024 at 2:16 PM
rcpmuseum.bsky.social
#EarlyModern recipe books reflect collective medical knowledge. Anyone of any gender, ethnicity, or status could practise medicine. But the founding of the RCP in 1518 was an attempt to stamp out this inclusive culture and ensure that only wealthy men could be doctors

#ExploreArchives #EYAInclusion
A double page spread from a 17th century handwritten recipe book, including a remedy for ‘gravel’ (urinary tract stones) shared with Sarah Wigges by Mr Speed.
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
Did you know that amongst all the treasured paper collections we hold, we also hold objects, such as this pair of stunning sheep earrings from our Montse Stanley collection! Baa! #UnusualArchives #Archive30 @ARAScot @explorearchives @arascot.bsky.social buff.ly/trVDC9x
MS332B/Archives61/4 Sheep Earrings from the Montse Stanley Collection. https://archives.soton.ac.uk/records/MS332/B/Archive61/4
April 14, 2026 at 9:01 AM
hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
It’s International Cat Day! So we share a pic of a cute little moggy from the collection of Miss Nona Kerr in our Broadlands archives buff.ly/BH30O9F . Miaow... buff.ly/6Yn9kK8 @explorearchives
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August 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
designarchives.bsky.social
Dorrit Dekk designed this silk scarf as a gift for the attendees of the 38th Congress of the International Union of Public Transport, May 1969. The design is based off her 'We Londoners' poster for London Transport.
ID: DDK/12
@araukie.bsky.social #Fashion #EYAFashion #Explorearchives #EYA
blue silk scarf with black ink illustrations of different people
November 25, 2024 at 8:56 AM
rcpmuseum.bsky.social
The first mention of #HIV/AIDS in RCP minutes is 6 years after the first AIDS-related death in Britain. The RCPs silence helped the state take advantage of the epidemic to spread fear, introduce queerphobic policies, and cut services such as healthcare

#ExploreArchives #EYASilence
Official written documents relating to HIV/AIDS from the 1980s and 1990s
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
erinmck96.bsky.social
The maternity ward at Christmas in the Hôpital irlandais de Saint-Lô where there were #Decorations & perhaps a few #Bells hanging from the ceilings and hopefully a #FestiveFeast for all these new mothers! #EYAFestive #ArchiveAdventCalendar #explorearchives @arascot.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 11:14 AM
erinmck96.bsky.social
For #EYAAnimals here is an image of a price list for Horse & Cattle Medicines along with their Uses & Doses which were sold by Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson Pharmaceutical Chemists (1897-1998) @araireland.bsky.social #histmed #historyofpharmacy #explorearchives
November 29, 2024 at 11:06 AM
hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
A Valentine from a collection purchased by Wilfred Ashely.
Read more about the development of Valentines in our blog https://buff.ly/42QazwG
@explorearchives #EYALove
February 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
erinmck96.bsky.social
These images have now been digitized and are available on the RCSI Heritage Collections digital platform rcsi.access.preservica.com/uncategorize... @araireland.bsky.social #explorearchives #histmed #irisharchives #nursing #midwifery
November 22, 2024 at 11:22 AM
hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
From a collection of Valentines, purchased by Wilfrid William Ashley, later Baron Mount Temple @explorearchives #EYALove. The 1910 auction catalogue described how "the floral designs are bewildering both in colour, variety, and the material of which they are formed..." https://buff.ly/3WTn9re
Valentine's card showing an oval of colourful flowers and card with a delicate embossed design
February 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
rcpmuseum.bsky.social
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
Eighteenth century handwritten medical recipes Eighteenth century handwritten medical recipes
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
Today is Mount Everest Day - commemorating the day of the first successful summit of the mountain in 1953 - the Himalayas are visible in this photo from 1922 of the river running through Srinagar @explorearchives buff.ly/w9jqoqy
May 29, 2026 at 10:01 AM
erinmck96.bsky.social
At Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson Pharmaceutical Chemists, family was key to the ethos of how the business was run. It also continued to be managed and run by some of the descendants of the original founders until it was sold to Boots in 1998 #EYAFamily #explorearchives @araireland.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 9:53 AM
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January 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM