Posted by LibeRaCe on November 22, 2010
The National Archives, the UK government’s official archive, containing over 900 years of history have made a selection of their images available through Flickr to give some idea of the material they retain.
There are some fantastic images ranging from Jane Austens will, to The Big Three at Yalta (Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin), Medieval manuscripts to Whitley Bay posters, maps, plans, seals & artifacts and all are in the Creative Commons with no known copyright restrictions. What about the US National Archive phototream? An amazing collection from the American Civil War to photodocumentaries of everyday life in the 1970′s.
You can comment on the pictures and make copies of them so why not have a look?
National Archives
US National Archives
Posted in Art & Design, Geography, History, Libraries, Photos, Tourism, Uncategorized | Tagged: britain, Education, first World War, Flickr, Geography, History, Holocaust, images, Photography, pictures, Social Networking, World War 2 | Leave a Comment »
Posted by LibeRaCe on June 14, 2010
The Red Cross celebrates its 140th year this Summer.
You can read or listen to Judy Stokes’ facinating story covering her 70 years of volunteer work for the organisation.
To find out more in the library about about the issues raised go to :
Volunteering or shelf 361.37
First Aid or shelf 616.0252
World War II or shelf 914.084
Citizenship or shelf 323.6
Posted in A Levels, Citizenship, History, Sociology | Tagged: citizenship, red cross, Second World War, volunteering, World War 2 | Leave a Comment »
Posted by LibeRaCe on June 5, 2009
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Posted by LibeRaCe on June 2, 2009
This website includes some interesting and articles,podcasts and book reviews from some important periods of history, all written by history writers contributing to the site.
Posted in History | Tagged: History, Vietnam War, World War 1, World War 2 | Leave a Comment »
