STORIES FROM THE CHESWORTH ARCHIVE: CHRISTINE LAWRENCE AND THE MAHIWA YOUNG FARMERS TRAINING CENTRE 16 August 2019
At Queen Mary, we love how our archives preserve the stories of ordinary people who are often forgotten by the history books. In this blog post, we look at the life of Christine Lawrence (1930-2011), whose experiences working in Tanzania in the 1960s are preserved in the archive of Donald Chesworth.
PAPER MARBLING AT THE FESTIVAL OF COMMUNITIES 9 July 2019
A couple of weeks ago, Archives and Special Collections took part in the Festival of Communities, an annual event co-ordinated by Queen Mary University of London which explores living and learning across the Borough of Tower Hamlets.
CATALOGUING BEGINS ON THE DONALD CHESWORTH COLLECTION 29 April 2019
Donald Chesworth (1923-1991) was a politician and administrator. Over the course of his 45-year career, he worked for a wide range of organisations on projects aligned with his socialist values, both in the United Kingdom and abroad.
QUEEN MARY’S LIVE ART COLLECTIONS ENHANCED AS JON JOHN’S PERSONAL PAPERS JOIN THE ARCHIVES 12 October 2018
At the end of August 2018, Queen Mary University of London Archives received the personal papers of Jon John (1983-2017), performance artist and practitioner of body modification, from his friend and collaborator Paul King.
CONSERVATION NEWS – PEOPLE’S PALACE PRESS CUTTINGS GIVEN NEW LEASE OF LIFE 3 July 2018
We have recently begun a project, enlisting the services of Codex Conservation, to repair fragile volumes which were in too poor a condition to safely provide access to our users. We have just received back the two hefty volumes from the first batch – completely transformed from their previous sorry condition!