We have changed how we work this year, including how we support our students and researchers. To help you learn about our archives from wherever you are, we’ve created a video demonstrating how to use our online catalogue. This video explains what our online catalogue is and how you can use it effectively to find […]
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We have changed how we work this year, including how we support our students and researchers. As well as producing videos introducing our collections and delivering presentations and teaching sessions online, we have created the following online resources to help you when using archives: Working with archives explains what archives are and the practicalities of using […]
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The business correspondence in the E.H. Shepard Archive sometimes refers to illustrations which accompanied the individual letters. Sadly, these items are no longer kept with the letters. So, a little like Bagpuss and the chocolate digestive, I catch sight of an illustration only to have it whisked away almost immediately. So how has this come […]
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Stag Hill has changed substantially since the University of Surrey was established here in 1966, but our green campus has always been an important part of our identity. The University of Surrey is located in what was, in medieval times, the Royal Park of Guildford. The park was created by Henry II shortly after he […]
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Rudolf Laban (1879-1958) was a dancer, choreographer, and pioneering movement theorist. Students today still learn about his life and work. Laban was born in Bratislava and studied architecture in Paris before moving to Munich and focussing on the movement arts. It was here he began teaching and theorising dance and movement. Laban moved to Berlin […]
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Thomas Henry Farrer (1819-1899) was an English civil servant. He was Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade from 1867 to 1886 and was given the title of Baron in Queen Victoria’s 1893 Birthday Honours. We hold Farrer’s personal library. The library is made up of over 2000 books, some of which date as far […]
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