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Our next Zoom talk explores the #LewisCarroll archives at Surrey History Centre, for the 150th anniversary of 'Alice through the Looking Glass' https://t.co/PWpB3ExGv7 #WatchThisSpace #ExploreYourArchive
@LewisCarrollSoc @AliceAmerica
@SurreyLibraries
For the @MarchoftheWomen project our amazing volunteers created a 11000-name index. They scoured local newspapers for mentions of Surrey’s #suffrage people, places & events, creating a fantastic local, political & family history resource! https://t.co/EaukJGB5Ii #EYAAchievements
Sir John Tenniel's work with #LewisCarroll led to some of the most iconic illustrations in children’s literature. This wonderful Tenniel sketch of the #big puppy from Alice in Wonderland (LC/3) is in our Dodgson family collection https://t.co/UpSkGMiOJn
#ExploreYourArchive
Surrey is home to @GIRESUK the Gender Identity Research and Education Society. We are proud to hold the GIRES archive in our collections and preserve evidence of their pioneering work https://t.co/d61AkypLuZ #TransgenderDayofRemembrance
#TDOR @PrideInSurrey @Outlinesurrey
Is this the world's smallest piano? This Broadwood miniature grand pianoforte, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens for Queen Mary's Dolls' House, could be played with the head of a pin! (2185/JB/82/28-29). More about Broadwood Pianos https://t.co/iy90CuV2ra
#Small #ExploreYourArchive
For #AntiSlaveryDay discover how the case of Charlotte Howe, a Black enslaved servant in the household of Capt Tyringham Howe of Thames Ditton, in 1783, became crucial in the debate about the legal status of slaves on British soil https://t.co/aUhoDdD1Sd
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHMUK
#NationalFishingMonth starts today! You’d be surprised to catch these beautiful exotic fish in Surrey but we love these watercolours by John Harrison Scott, artist and colour merchant, whose family resided at Hersham Lodge, near Esher, c.1820s-1840s (SHC ref 4220/1)
@NFMUK
Don't miss our Zoom talk tonight! @spmaslin Finds Liaison Officer for Surrey, will be exploring the type of archaeological finds made by members of the public in Surrey, together with the stories they tell.
https://t.co/taxfOKLEKx
#FestivalOfArchaeology
What do a penannular ring, a barbed and tanged arrowhead and an early medieval brooch have in common? They all were discovered by members of the public in Surrey and recorded with The Portable Antiquities Scheme! Find out more at our Wednesday Zoom talk: https://t.co/taxfOKLEKx
The Big #ButterflyCount starts today! Our collections can be a unique resource for studying the changing ecology & natural environment in Surrey. Even so, we’d be very impressed if we saw these beauties in Surrey! Painted by John Scott Harrison of Esher, c.1820s. @savebutterflies