Last month the Archives and Records Association held their annual conference in Birmingham, bringing together archivists, records managers and conservators from across Britain and Ireland. The focus of the conference this year was ‘Climate and Crisis’, addressing important questions about the sustainability of the sector and the role of archives in tackling climate change. In […]
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South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) runs every year from the 18th July to the 17th August to commemorate, mark and celebrate South Asian cultures, histories and communities. To celebrate SAHM we are delighted to be able to share some photographs from our Natural Movement collection which were taken 70 years ago, in August 1954. Natural […]
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Our current display at the Archives & Special Collections at the University of Surrey is showcasing all things sporty, from Surrey students’ accomplishments in the huge range of sports clubs to the links to the Olympic Movement in our E. H. Shepard and Rudolf Laban Collections. However, sporting achievement surely found its pinnacle in the […]
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Women in Science – Babette Stern International Women’s Day takes place annually on the 8th March, and this year the Archives and Special Collections team have curated a display of material from the University Archive that celebrates five female scientists who studied or worked at the University of Surrey, or at our predecessor institution, Battersea […]
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The University of Surrey is immensely fortunate to hold the archives of the movement theorist Warren Lamb. In this blog post, our Archivist Simon Mackley provides an update on the work carried out on the collection, and the collection items that are newly available for researcher consultation. Warren Lamb (1923-2014) was a dancer, movement theorist […]
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A survivor in our archives: Marcel Marceau (1923-2007) For Holocaust Memorial Day 2024, Archives and Special Collections have explored their holdings in remembrance of world-renowned mime artist Marcel Marceau and his experiences of the Holocaust. Marceau was born in Strasbourg, France, on 22 March 1923. His birth name was Marcel Mangel and he was born […]
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