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Language, script and symbol in West Africa
West Africa is a place of great diversity – in language, in writing, in the hugely varied means of recording information and passing it on. Marion Wallace and Janet Topp Fargion (British Library) explore the region’s contribution to literacy, and the creativity with which West Africans communicate in word and...Wallace, Marion ; Topp Fargion, Janet
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Learning object
Topography and the historic shelving schemes at the British Library
Throughout the last 400 years librarians and curators have taken different approaches to classify topographical collections. Adrian Edwards, Head of Printed Heritage Collections at the British Library, explores the historic shelving schemes and traces the development of their organisation.Edwards, Adrian S.
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Newsletter
National Life Story Collection Newsletter 2
An update on the work of the National Life Story Collection (now National Life Stories) in summer 1999. Features an article on the launch of 'The Century Speaks: Millennium Oral History Project' (now archived at the British Library as 'The Millennium Memory Bank'). Also includes articles on 'Food: From Source...National Life Stories
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National Life Story Collection Newsletter 1
An update on the work of the National Life Story Collection (now National Life Stories) in winter 1998-1999. Contains focus columns on 'Architects' Lives' and the early stages of 'Book Trade Lives'.National Life Stories
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National Life Story Collection Newsletter 3
An update on the work of the National Life Story Collection (now National Life Stories) in winter 1999-2000. Includes a reflection from Sir Dominic Cadbury on recording his life story for 'Food: From Source to Salespoint' and a conference review from Rob Perks on 'Taking Testimonies Forward: Oral Histories of...National Life Stories
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National Life Story Collection Newsletter 5
An update on the work of the National Life Story Collection (now National Life Stories) in winter 2000. Articles summarise the progress of various NLSC projects, including the launch of 'Lives in the Oil Industry'.National Life Stories
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National Life Story Collection Newsletter 4
An update on the work of the National Life Story Collection (now National Life Stories) in summer 2000. Includes a reflection from Lord Asa Briggs on the importance of oral history, and a focus article on 'Crafts Lives'.National Life Stories
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National Life Story Collection Newsletter 6
An update on the work of the National Life Story Collection (now National Life Stories) in summer 2001. General updates on ongoing NLSC projects, plus the announcement of two new projects: 'An Oral History of the Post Office' and a corporate oral history of design and branding consultancy Wolff Olins.National Life Stories
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National Life Story Collection Newsletter 7
An update on the work of the National Life Story Collection (now National Life Stories) in winter 2001. Includes updates on 'An Oral History of the Post Office' and the corporate oral history of Wolff Olins.National Life Stories
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National Life Story Collection Newsletter 8
An update on the work of the National Life Story Collection (now National Life Stories) in summer 2002. Includes updates on ongoing NLSC projects, includng 'Artists' Lives', 'Food: From Source to Salespoint' and 'Book Trade Lives'.National Life Stories
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National Life Story Collection Newsletter 9
An update on the work of the National Life Story Collection (now National Life Stories) in summer 2003. Includes updates on in-progresss NLSC projects. An update on the work of the National Life Story Collection (now National Life Stories) in summer 2003. Feature articles take a look at 'An Oral...National Life Stories
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National Life Story Collection Newsletter 10
An update on the work of the National Life Story Collection (now National Life Stories) in winter 2004-2005. NLSC celebrates 15 years of 'Artists' Lives', and offers updates on other ongoing projects including 'Crafts Lives', 'Food: From Source to Salespoint' and 'An Oral History of the Wine Trade'.National Life Stories
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Blog post
Hume’s Stray Feathers
Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912), British administrator and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, recorded an extraordinary story of resilience, the ability of people to cope with disruptions. Hume was a respected ornithologist. In January 1875 he boarded an old gunboat fitted for the Indian Marine Survey to...Déri, Andrea
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Conference paper (unpublished)
‘If the package is right, the pills are right’: Proprietary medicines, branding, and advertising, 1650-1850
Medical products, predominantly sold by newspaper and book printers, became the most heavily advertised branded good throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This fact, combined with the ever-increasing availability of digitised contemporary newspapers, has generated important work upon their advertisement and distribution. These studies have considerably enriched our understanding of...Basford, Jennifer
branding, material culture, advertising, proprietary medicine, and packaging
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Blog post
Conference on Digital Islamic Humanities
Two representatives from the British Library attended the recent conference, ‘The Digital Humanities + Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies’, hosted by the Middle Eastern Studies Department of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Organised by Dr Elias Muhanna and held on 24-25 October 2013, this conference sought to bring together...Lowe, Daniel ; Sobers-Khan, Nurs
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Blog post
Book of Affairs of Love
Karnama-i ‘Ishq (Book of affairs of love) by the Hindu poet Rai Anand Ram Mukhlis (d. 1751) is a romance in Persian on the afflictions of a young man’s heart and the challenges he faces for eternal love. The poetical narrative is derived from an existing Hindi literary work, the...Roy, Malini
Mughal India, South Asia, and art
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Blog post
Marianne North's Visions of India
The British Library holds one of the richest archives of prints, drawings and photographs from South Asia. As Visual Arts Curator, exploring the vast collections and learning about the history of the works of art is just part of my daily activities. Although my previous blog posts have focused on...Roy, Malini
South East Asia, South Asia, and art
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Blog post
A farewell to the Mughals
British Library's exhibition Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire closed on 2 April 2013. The last few days of the exhibition saw a record number of visitors! Since opening in November 2012, we have been surprised by the overwhelming response from the press and social media. We never anticipated being...Roy, Malini
science, Mughal India, and art