Tag Archives: archive
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Launching Paper Trails: Second-hand book to living book (with sandwiches in between)
Leave a commentJuly 26, 2021 by Andrew W M Smith
This story started with a second-hand book I had ordered from a bookseller in Toulouse. Exploring its uncut pages and …
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Paper Trails Conference, 4th July 2019, University College London
2April 5, 2019 by Andrew W M Smith
Often there is more than research inside the books we read. Bookmarks, train tickets, receipts, and menus tucked into pages …
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How a Ladies’ College Played a Vital Role in Operation Overlord
1July 19, 2017 by Andrew W M Smith
On 16 August 1940, the Stuka raid on Tangmere was one of the most serious yet to have struck England. …
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Paper Trails
1May 2, 2017 by Andrew W M Smith
We are delighted to announce the programme and open registration for …
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Life Cycles: The Ephemera of Research
1June 9, 2016 by Andrew W M Smith
Parking tickets, library cards, recipes, notes, and adverts; I love second-hand books and the stuff that you can find tucked …
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Myths, Battle & Rail: Two Stories About Waterloo Station
1June 16, 2015 by Andrew W M Smith
UPDATE: Here’s a video of me talking to The Independent about Waterloo and its contemporary importance On the 200th anniversary of …
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Pseudo-Padres Hiding in the Lavatory: An RAF Escape Exercise, 1943
Leave a commentFebruary 16, 2015 by Andrew W M Smith
Continuing in the series of comical findings from the archives, I thought I’d relate details of an RAF Escape Exercise …
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Spiders by Taxi
Leave a commentFebruary 10, 2015 by Andrew W M Smith
Sometimes there are things in the archives that enlighten our enquiries, underpin some new discovery or reveal an important truth. …
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