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[This letter was written by Thomas Povey, a civil servant in the Naval Office who knew Samuel Pepys. The letter is to Joseph Williamson, an important politician in ...

During the war, the KMT and CCP joined forces against Japanese occupation and put forward a united front. After the war, this united front broke down. The following sources, 3a-3d, are in ...

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Our Chief Executive and Keeper, Saul Nassé, has presented his first Archive Service Accreditation certificate since joining The National Archives in the summer. Saul presented the certificate to ...

We have been awarded £1.3m to upgrade our analytical research laboratory creating a centre of excellence available to collections throughout the UK and beyond. The award is part of the UKRI Arts and ...

Provides general advice on the care of mixed collections. See Section 5.9 for hazards, and p,79 for general information on mould. The Enemy in Archives : Managing Mould, Catherine Firth – 2021 A short ...

We have become a founding member of EHRI-UK – the national body representing Holocaust-related collections in the United Kingdom. The other founding members are the Wiener Holocaust Library, the ...

Extract from the Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776. Catalogue ref: EXT 9/76 On the 4 July 1776, the American colonies issued a joint Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson.