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[This letter was written by Thomas Povey, a civil servant in the Naval Office who knew Samuel Pepys. The letter is to Joseph Williamson, an important politician in ...

With reference to the case of Lilian Lenton who was brought up at the Richmond (Surrey) Police Court on the 9th instant [dated this month] on a charge of arson and committed for trial, I am directed ...

During the war, the KMT and CCP joined forces against Japanese occupation and put forward a united front. After the war, this united front broke down. The following sources, 3a-3d, are in ...

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SUMMARY OF THE PROGRESS OF THE HUNGER MARCHERS. Five sets of hunger marchers are on the way. (1) The Scottish contingent, which is the biggest, was 256 strong when it arrived at Blackburn on the 9th.

We have become a founding member of EHRI-UK – the national body representing Holocaust-related collections in the United Kingdom. The other founding members are the Wiener Holocaust Library, the ...

Our Chief Executive and Keeper, Saul Nassé, has presented his first Archive Service Accreditation certificate since joining The National Archives in the summer. Saul presented the certificate to ...

We have been awarded £1.3m to upgrade our analytical research laboratory creating a centre of excellence available to collections throughout the UK and beyond. The award is part of the UKRI Arts and ...

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