One of the privileges of working with archives and special collections is having the opportunity to talk to donors and researchers in detail about items held within the collections. Sometimes this leads to finding unexpected stories or traces of individuals in surprising places. In celebration of International Women’s Day, we are delighted to share one […]
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University of Surrey Archives and Special Collections are pleased to announce the release of the first catalogue for the Carol-Lynne Moore Collection. Read on to discover more about this fantastic archive, which is now made available to researchers for the first time. We are delighted to begin 2026 by announcing the release of our latest […]
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To celebrate National Illustration Day, Project Archivist (E.H. Shepard Collections) Hollie Piff explores the creative process behind E.H. Shepard’s illustrations for Everybody’s Pepys, Everybody’s Boswell, and Everybody’s Lamb. From perfecting the proportions of the human figure to accurately drawing trees and landmarks, observational studies were often the first steps in E.H. Shepard’s artistic process. So, […]
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The first Thursday of November is World Digital Preservation Day – raising awareness of the need to preserve our born-digital cultural heritage, and celebrating the work carried out by heritage professionals around the world to achieve this goal. To mark the occasion, our Archivist Simon Mackley reflects on why it is exactly that we seek […]
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In August, we welcomed Hollie Piff to the Archives and Special Collections as Project Archivist for the E.H. Shepard Collections. In this blog post, she will be reflecting on the first six weeks of her new role. The last six weeks have been an exciting whirlwind of meeting new people, exploring the Stag Hill campus […]
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The first Thursday of November is World Digital Preservation Day – a celebration of all the efforts across the world to preserve our digital heritage. To mark the occasion our archivist Simon Mackley looks at how the different facets of our University of Surrey community – our students, our staff, and our alumni – are […]
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