Explore Your Archives: Wildlife!
📸 Featured here are pages from the pilot scheme to replant eelgrass (Zostera marina) at Bar Beach, Helford Passage – a reminder that conservation is both science and community action.
Photo credit Pamela E Tompsett.
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The Library and Archives are holding an open day in the Earth Sciences Library.
Friday 20 March 2026, 11.00 - 15.00.
Lasting Impressions Gallery (Free).
☝️Full details in our bio link.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #WomensMonth #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #IWD26 #ExploreYourArchives #MuseumArchives
The Library and Archives are holding an open day in the Earth Sciences Library.
Friday 20 March 2026, 11.00 - 15.00.
Lasting Impressions Gallery (Free).
☝️Full details in our bio link.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #WomensMonth #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #IWD26 #ExploreYourArchives #MuseumArchives
We expect nothing less. Congrats @lrylandepton.bsky.social The next #partnershippublication from @vch-home.bsky.social & @hobnobpress.bsky.social is launched 12th March - Chippenham Our History, by John Chandler.
#localhistory #localstudies #history #historians #ExploreYourArchives
Great news! The temes for #ExploreYourArchives have been revealed. Can't wait to see what everyone shares
Graphic announcing the themes for EYA 2026 in both English and Irish. White text on a green background. The themes are: January is #EYADustbusters. February is #EYAConnections / Naisc. March is #EYAWildlife / Fiadhúlra. April is #EYACrime / Coir. May is #EEYAHandwriting / Lámhscríbhneoireacht. June is #EYAColourful / lldaite. July is #EYAArchitecture / Ailtireacht. August is #EYASurprise / lontas. September is #EYAErased / Scriosta. October is #EYAFolklore / Béaloideas. November is #EYAMemories / Cuimhní. December is #EYAFestiveTraditions / Traidisiúin Fhéile.
💫 New themes! 💫
We’re very excited to announce the new monthly themes for 2026 - we can’t wait to see what you explore in your archives this year!
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Group photograph taken from above of a room with a central Christmas tree and garlands. Boys and girls sit in the foreground, and doctors and nurses stand behind. Tables behind the tree hold packages and baskets of fruit.
This month's theme for #ExploreYourArchives is “sparkle”, so we searched our collections for Christmassy treasures. We found this photo of the Manchester Royal Infirmary at Christmas time (c.1920).
📷 RCN Digital Archive - Boardman Postcard Collection. Explore here: bit.ly/4af2up5
#HistNursing
📌 OOPS...in the current Redruth Record the dates are wrong for our activities. The Winter Lantern session, with Pop Up Paint Pot, is on Saturday 20 December.
#ChristmasCrafts #FamilyFun #CornwallHistory #ExploreYourArchives #FestiveActivities
2025 has been quite a challenging year for Bangor University’s Archives and Special Collections. We would like to thank you personally for the overwhelming support we’ve received, for your understanding and appreciation of the immense value of the University’s archival collections and its worth to the local community. We are now looking to the future, to working together with all our stakeholders to ensure that we continue to be recognised as one of the finest University archives in Britain - collecting, preserving and providing access to the historic collections that help make Bangor University a unique and special institution for everyone.
Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAYourArchive
BANGOR UNIVERSITY’S ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
Mae 2025 wedi bod yn flwyddyn eithaf heriol i Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig Prifysgol Bangor. Hoffem ddiolch i chi'n bersonol am y gefnogaeth aruthrol a gawsom, am eich dealltwriaeth a'ch gwerthfawrogiad o bwysigrwydd aruthrol casgliadau archifol y Brifysgol a'u gwerth i'r gymuned leol. Rydym nawr yn edrych tua'r dyfodol, i gydweithio â'n holl randdeiliaid er mwyn sicrhau ein bod yn parhau i gael ein cydnabod fel un o archifau Prifysgol gorau Prydain - yn casglu, yn cadw ac yn darparu mynediad at y casgliadau hanesyddol sy'n helpu i wneud Prifysgol Bangor yn sefydliad unigryw ac arbennig i bawb.
Thema Archwiliwch Eich Archif heddiw yw #EYAEichArchif
ARCHIFAU A CHASGLIADAU ARBENNIG PRIFYSGOL BANGOR
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Mae 2025 yn nodi carreg filltir aruthrol yn hanes Bangor, wrth i'r Gadeirlan a’r ddinas, y ddinas hynaf yng Nghymru, dathlu eu pen-blwydd yn 1500 oed. Er mwyn nodi'r pen-blwydd arwyddocaol hwn mae'r Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig ym Mhrifysgol Bangor wedi curadu arddangosfa sy'n tynnu sylw at y cyfnodau pwysig yn hanes yr Eglwys Gadeiriol a hynny drwy eitemau o'n casgliad archifol a chan gynnwys llyfrau prin o Lyfrgell y Gadeirlan - casgliad sydd wedi bod yng ngofal Prifysgol Bangor am sawl degawd.
Thema Archwiliwch Eich Archif heddiw yw #EYAPenblwyddi
“Cadeirlan Bangor a’r ddinas, y ddinas hynaf yng Nghymru, yn dathlu eu pen-blwydd yn 1500 oed.”
Gallwch weld yr arddangosfa ar-lein drwy'r ddolen ganlynol:
sway.cloud.microsoft/2HVhvjtsINMy...
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2025 sees the 1500th anniversary of the Cathedral and the City of Bangor, the oldest city in Wales. To mark this significant anniversary, the Archives and Special Collections at Bangor University has curated an exhibition that highlights the important moments in the history of the Cathedral with items from our archival collection and by including rare printed items from the Cathedral Library - a collection that has been in the care of Bangor University for several decades.
Today’s Explore Yor Archives theme is #EYAAnniversaries
“1500th anniversary of the Cathedral and the City of Bangor, the oldest city in Wales.”
You can view the exhibition online version through the following link
sway.cloud.microsoft/Z6PiFDFf4HzF...
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For #EYAInclusion, we are highlighting our valued partnership with @DublinCityCouncilCuturalCompany.
Each month, Tailte Éireann hosts a Culture Club event, which is aimed at introducing new audience to our archives and removing barriers to access.
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Staff & Students outside the Penrhyn Arms, 1900-1901 CP/74
Photograph of the General Body of Women Students Dyddiad/Date: 1923-1924 UCNW/PHO/2/25
O'r dyddiau cynnar, roedd gan Goleg Prifysgol Gogledd Cymru (Prifysgol Bangor) bolisi cynhwysol iawn tuag at dderbyn menywod. Nododd y siarter: “Caiff myfyrwyr benywaidd eu derbyn i fynychu unrhyw un o’r cyrsiau addysgu a sefydlwyd gan y Coleg, yn amodol ar y cyfyngiadau a’r rheoliadau (os o gwbl) a ragnodir yn Statudau’r Coleg o bryd i’w gilydd.” Cafodd colegau Cymru eu 'goleuo' yn eu hagweddau at addysg merched yn ystod y cyfnod hwn - mewn cyferbyniad, ni roddodd Rhydychen raddau i ferched tan 1920, tra bu i Gaergrawnt aros tan 1948, gan eu gwneud y Brifysgol Brydeinig olaf i wneud hynny. Erbyn 1888, roedd tua 40% o'r myfyrwyr yn ferched ym Mangor, cyfran uwch nag mewn sefydliadau yn Lloegr yn ystod y cyfnod hwn.
Thema Archwiliwch Eich Archif heddiw yw #EYACynhwysiant
MYFYRWYR BENWYAIDD YM C.P.G.C. (PRIFYSGOL BANGOR)
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Staff & Students outside the Penrhyn Arms, 1900-1901 CP/74
Photograph of the General Body of Women Students Dyddiad/Date: 1923-1924 UCNW/PHO/2/25
From the early days, the University College of North Wales (Bangor University) had a very inclusive policy towards admitting women. The charter stated: “Female students shall be admitted to attend any of the courses of instruction established by the College, subject to such restrictions and regulations (if any) as Statutes of the College from time to time prescribe.” Welsh colleges were ‘enlightened’ in their attitudes to women’s education during this time - in contrast, Oxford did not grant degrees to women until 1920 whilst Cambridge waited until 1948, making them the last British University to do so. By 1888, women at Bangor made up approximately 40% of the student body, a higher proportion than at English institutions during this period.
Today’s Explore Your Archives theme is #EYAInclusion
FEMALE STUDENTS AT U.C.N.W. (BANGOR UNIVERSITY)
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You can explore our Lantern Slide Collection on our website for free! bit.ly/MOTMLantern Including early 20th-century gems like Sister Simpson dressed as Southwark Hospital for a fancy dress ball!
We’re working on digitising more records in 2026, watch this space!
#EYADigital #ExploreYourArchives
In December 2024, Bangor University Archives and Special Collections and the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates were awarded a grant of £14,850 to transform online access to the Jamaica Papers held within the Penrhyn estate archive. Thanks to the substantial grant through the Welsh Government’s Anti-Racist Wales Culture, Heritage and Sport Fund, a large percentage of the Penrhyn (Jamaica) material, around 80% is to be digitised (nearly 500 documents). The Penrhyn collection is recognised as one of the largest and most significant estate archives in Europe and it includes one of the most important and chronologically expansive collections of records relating to the operation of transatlantic slavery. The Penrhyn Jamaica records preserve a detailed record of the Pennant family's centuries-long involvement in Jamaica and in the enslavement of African people. Digitising a representative selection of these papers and making them freely available online will empower individuals and communities across Wales and internationally to engage with them through their own lens.
Today’s Explore Your Archive Theme is #EYADigital
PENRHYN ESTATE ARCHIVES (JAMAICA)
The digitised Penrhyn (Jamaica) collection can be viewed here:
www.jstor.org/site/bangor-...
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Mae casgliad Penrhyn bellach yn cael ei gydnabod fel un o’r archifau ystadau mwyaf a mwyaf arwyddocaol yn Ewrop, ac mae’n cynnwys un o'r casgliadau pwysicaf a mwyaf helaeth o gofnodion yn gronolegol sy'n ymwneud â gweithrediad caethwasiaeth drawsatlantig. Mae cofnodion Jamaica Penrhyn yn gofnod manwl o ymwneud y Pennantiaid â chaethwasiaeth a Jamaica, a barodd am ganrifoedd. Bydd digideiddio detholiad cynrychioliadol o’r papurau hyn a rhoi mynediad am ddim iddynt ar-lein yn grymuso unigolion a chymunedau ledled Cymru ac yn rhyngwladol i ymgysylltu â hwy trwy eu llygaid eu hunain.
Thema Archwiliwch Eich Archif heddiw yw #EYADigidol
ARCHIF YSTÂD Y PENRHYN (JAMAICA)
Mae modd gweld y casgliad Penrhyn (Jamaica) digidol yma:
www.jstor.org/site/bangor-...
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
Happy #ExploreYourArchives week!
#ExploreYourArchives Day 5 #pets
At the Jane Cameron National Archives we do love a good pet photograph, here is one of the feathered variety from 1888!
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Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAPets
“The 5th Marquess of Anglesey, Henry Cyril Paget and the Japanese Spaniel”
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Thema Archwiliwch Eich Archif heddiw yw #EYAAnifieilaidAnwes
“Y 5ed Ardalydd a’r Sbaniel Japaneaidd”
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Today’s Explore Your Archives theme is #EYASilence Libraries are well known places of silence, more so in years gone by when Librarians would enforce the rule with an iron hand. Here we have a couple of letters of correspondence between Bangor University’s Registrar and the Librarian at the time, Thomas Richards, regarding students releasing a dog in the library and another student setting off fireworks in the library. Both believed to be RAG week pranks. The students received harsh punishment, being banished from the library for the rest of term and the firework culprit also receiving a hefty fine.
Today’s Explore Your Archives theme is #EYASilence
THOMAS RICHARDS, U.C.N.W. LIBRARIAN
Date: November 1937 UCNW/REG 13i
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Mae llyfrgelloedd yn llefydd amlwg am dawelwch, yn enwedig yn y blynyddoedd a fu pan fyddai Llyfrgellwyr yn gorfodi'r rheol â llaw haearn. Dyma gwpl o lythyrau gohebiaeth rhwng Cofrestrydd Prifysgol Bangor a'r Llyfrgellydd ar y pryd, Thomas Richards, ynghylch myfyrwyr yn rhyddhau ci i’r llyfrgell a myfyriwr arall yn cynnau tân gwyllt yn y llyfrgell. Credir mai pranciau wythnos RAG oeddent. Derbyniodd y myfyrwyr gosbau llym, a chael eu gwahardd o'r llyfrgell am weddill y tymor ac yn ychwanegol, derbyniodd y troseddwr tân gwyllt ddirwy sylweddol. Dyddiad: Tachwedd 1937 UCNW/REG 13i
Thema Archwiliwch Eich Archif heddiw yw #EYADistawrwydd
THOMAS RICHARDS, LLYFRGELLYDD C.P.G.C.
Dyddiad: Tachwedd 1937 UCNW/REG 13i
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A beautifully illuminated example of a #EYAMedieval document from our collection. This is a Psalter for Sacrum Use from the 14th century. #ExploreYourArchive #ExploreYourArchives #illuminatedmanuscripts
#exploreyourarchives Day 3- #medieval
This topic was a little tricky for us, bearing in mind that the earliest records in our collection date from the 1830's-40's, so we have approached the theme from a slightly different angle...
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Cushions made for the consecration of the ‘new’ Chapel in 1666, bearing the arms of College founders Bishop William Smyth and Sir Richard Sutton, and the bill for making them. Read more here brasenosecollegelibrary.wordpress.com #EYABeauty #ExploreYourArchive #ExploreYourArchives
Image shows double page of Mary Long’s handwritten recipe book dated 1828. On the left page is a recipe for “Scalded Brown Bread” and on the right is a recipe for “Tooth Powder” and heartburn. From the Rolls Family Archive held at Gwent Archives.
Want to look your best for the office Christmas party? Get those pearly whites twinkling with Mary Long’s recipe for tooth powder – image from her handwritten recipe book dated 1828! #EYABeauty 😁😁😁 From the Rolls Family Archive held @gwentarchives.bsky.social #ExploreYourArchives
One of our treasures currently on display in our Annual Exhibition ‘Bangor Cathedral; Celebrating the 1500th anniversary of the Cathedral and City of Bangor - the oldest city in Wales’ is The Bangor Pontifical. The Bangor Pontifical is the only complete liturgical manuscript known to survive from the medieval diocese of Bangor. Inscribed as belonging originally to Anian, bishop of Bangor, it is now confidently dated to the first quarter of the fourteenth century. It contains texts, music and detailed instructions for liturgical observances conducted by a bishop: the dedication of churches, altars and cemeteries; the enthronement and consecration of an archbishop; and special blessings given during the canon of the Mass and on other specific occasions.
Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAMedieval
THE BANGOR PONTIFICAL
View the 14th century liturgical document from the diocese of Bangor by registering for a free account:
www.diamm.ac.uk/sources/3785...
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Un o'n trysorau sydd ar ddangos ar hyn o bryd yn ein Harddangosfa Flynyddol 'Dathlu pen-blwydd y Gadeirlan a Dinas Bangor yn 1500 oed - y ddinas hynaf yng Nghymru’ yw Llyfr Esgobol Bangor. Un llawysgrif litwrgïaidd gyflawn yn unig sydd wedi goroesi o esgobaeth ganoloesol Bangor. Dengys arysgrif ar y llyfr y cyfeirir ato fel ‘esgoblyfr Bangor’ mai ei berchennog gwreiddiol oedd Anian, esgob Bangor, y gellir bellach ei ddyddio’n hyderus i chwarter cyntaf y bedwaredd ganrif ar ddeg. Yn y llyfr ceir testunau, cerddoriaeth a chyfarwyddiadau manwl ar gyfer defodau litwrgïaidd a weinyddir gan esgob: cysegru eglwysi, allorau a mynwentydd; gorseddu a chysegru archesgob; a bendithion arbennig a roddir yn ystod canon yr Offeren ac ar adegau penodol eraill.
Thema Archwiliwch Eich Archif heddiw yw #Canoloesol
LLYFR ESGOBOL BANGOR
Edrychwch ar y ddogfen litwrgïaidd o'r 14eg ganrif o esgobaeth Bangor trwy gofrestru i gael cyfrif rhad ac am ddim:
www.diamm.ac.uk/sources/3785...
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