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Join us in exploring the University of Exeter Library's Special Collections, which include archives, manuscripts, rare books and maps. There's something for everyone, and everyone is welcome.

Find out more! ➡️ libguides.exeter.ac.uk/archives
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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · Mar 26
The collections are available for everyone to access for research or enjoyment in our Reading Room!

When visiting us, please:
🗓️ Book in advance
🧼 Wash your hands with soap and water
✏️ Bring a pencil or electronic device (no pens!)

Book your visit here ⬇️
LibGuides: Visiting Heritage Collections: Reading Room booking form
LibGuides: Visiting Heritage Collections: Reading Room booking form
libguides.exeter.ac.uk
exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
We hope you've enjoyed delving into our archives with us for Explore Your Archive week! 💫

As a final note, we just want to say: our archives are also your archives. We look after them for you, and everyone is welcome - for research, interest or enjoyment!

#EYAYourArchives #ExploreYourArchive
Collage of 40 images of archives and rare books held at the University of Exeter Special Collections.
December 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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nmbluk.bsky.social
We've really enjoyed participating in the EYA Focus Week. We're finishing up with a montage of images from and about our archive and we hope you've enjoyed learning about us #EYAYourArchive
A montage of photographs from the archive. Illustrations of marine inverebrates in the top left, archive boxes in the top right, a black and white photograph of an MBA display from the Franco-British Exhibition in 1908 in the bottom right and a person repairing the spine of an old book bottom right. In the middle of the image is a photograph of a cover of the Marine Biological Association minute book
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
This December marks the 70th anniversary of the University of Exeter, having been awarded its Royal Charter in 1955. To celebrate, this autumn we put the charter on display in the Forum Library for students, staff & the public to visit and enjoy.

📷 EUL MS 294

#EYAAnniversaries #UniOfExeterArchive
Display case with four shelves, featuring a range of items, including a congratulatory address, photographs, a special issue newspaper, the Royal Charter of the University of Exeter, and a speech made by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956. The Royal Charter of the University of Exeter with a large red seal.
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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nmbluk.bsky.social
Last year we celebrated the 140th anniversary of the establishment of @thembauk.bsky.social. This document is from the first minute book of the MBA's council and details the founding of the Association. You can find out more about our work at buff.ly/mAZcYD4 #EYAAnniversaries
A colour photograph of a document detailing the establishment of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. It details the patron (HRH The Prince of Wales) , President and Vice Presidents, the council and early donors. The article is dated 31st July 1884
December 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
Today is International Volunteers Day, which is a great opportunity to say THANK YOU to our 4 current volunteers!

This term Mitch, Katie, Alice A & Alice S have been researching & planning their new exhibitions to be installed next Spring.

Watch this space!

#InternationalVolunteersDay #Archives
Green box with text that reads: 'A big THANK YOU to our amazing volunteers! Find out more about volunteering: https://libguides.exeter.ac.uk/archives/placements/volunteering'. The text is surrounded by several photographs, including four photographs of exhibitions in display cases, two photographs of people engaging with collections in the Reading Room, and two collages of images from the collections.
December 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Our Tyneside Campaign for Homosexual Equality Archive records the work of the group who fought for inclussion of excluded minorities in the North East through the latter half of the 20th Century.

Browse the catalogue here: specialcollections.ncl.ac.uk/che

#ExploreYourArchive #EYAInclussion
First page of the July 1987 Issue of the CHE Tyneside Newsletter. Includes a large photograph of a banner reading Lesbian and Gay Pride '87.
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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nmbluk.bsky.social
Today we've selected this photograph of women students participating in the first experimental zoology class held @thembauk.bsky.social in 1911 #EYAInclusion
📷 U.M.17
A sepia toned photograph of six students at laboratory benches. There are two women on the left of the image (one seated at a bench with a microscope in front of her) and the men stand and sit central and right of the image.
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social
#ExploreYourArchive Day 7: #EYAInclusion is shaped everyday, who we spotlight, how we share, and the spaces we create. We’re committed to opening the door for everyone, making our collections & history accessible to more [email protected] @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
The lived experiences, perspectives & voices of individuals from diverse backgrounds are represented within our archives, but are not always easily identifiable via our catalogue. Our online subject guides aim to address this imbalance by providing easy access points into the archives. #EYAInclusion
LibGuides: Archives and Special Collections: Subject Guides
LibGuides: Archives and Special Collections: Subject Guides
libguides.exeter.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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What's on at the DEI this December! See our website for further details ☃️🎄
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Next week's Library events include:

Doctoral College Students: Proof, edit and perfect the thesis.
Business School Library Research Drop-ins.
Legal Research Drop-in.
OSCOLA Hour.
Skills Drop-Ins.
Library Research Cafés.

See more & book: bit.ly/ExeterUniLibEvent 🗓️
White text at the top says, 'Library training events for PGTs, PGRs & academic staff A dark green background' and at the bottom says, 'Check the details and booking requirements here: bit.ly/ExeterUniLibEvent'. A screenshot of the Library events calendar is in the centre with a bright green border and 'NEXT WEEK' in white capital letters above it. A bright green graphic of a calendar is in the top left-hand corner.
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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We hold over 100 dance collections, including the Betty Meredith-Jones archive.
She was a dance and movement education practitioner who worked with many different groups, including children, people with Parkinsons and the elderly.

#EYAInclusion
A group of older women stand in a circle, facing each other with their arms raised. There are chairs behind them, as if they've just stood up, and the room is lit by light coming in from large windows at the far end.
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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bdcmuseum.bsky.social
Our latest blog comes from Dr Lisa Smithstead, Associate Professor of #FilmHistory at @swanseauni.bsky.social

Lisa writes about older women #stars in the post #MeToo era by looking at our material on the changing star image of #DemiMoore.

Read more here: tinyurl.com/2s3u5zzh

#filmsky #museumsky
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the cheetahs, for today is their special day!

This engraving of a cheetah is from 'The Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature' by Charles Knight, published in 1844.

📷 Reserve 590.2 KNI/X

#InternationalCheetahDay #CheetahDay #RareBooks
Engraving of a cheetah in side profile, slightly crouched as if about to pounce!
December 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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magiclantern.bsky.social
Thankfully I can also confirm that the DAME project has been extended for another year, with many more exciting developments planned for 2026
exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 3d
To help make our archival materials relating to the MENA region more accessible for research, the Digital Archive of the Middle East (DAME) has made thousands of images & documents available online with metadata in English, Arabic & (where relevant) Sorani Kurdish.

➡️ dame.exeter.ac.uk

#EYADigital
Homepage of the Digital archive of the Middle East, displaying a high-resolution image of an Arabic manuscript, with links to pages including 'About', 'Dame', 'Kurdish Digital Archive', 'Links' and 'Blog', and options to view the website in English, Arabic, or Sorani Kurdish.
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
To help make our archival materials relating to the MENA region more accessible for research, the Digital Archive of the Middle East (DAME) has made thousands of images & documents available online with metadata in English, Arabic & (where relevant) Sorani Kurdish.

➡️ dame.exeter.ac.uk

#EYADigital
Homepage of the Digital archive of the Middle East, displaying a high-resolution image of an Arabic manuscript, with links to pages including 'About', 'Dame', 'Kurdish Digital Archive', 'Links' and 'Blog', and options to view the website in English, Arabic, or Sorani Kurdish.
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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literatureworks.bsky.social
Could you be the next writer-in-residence for our Quay Words live literature programme in Exeter? We're looking for a writer for the month of March, to produce a commission that audiences can interact with in-situ in @exetercustomhouse.bsky.social in early May.
Quay Words at Exeter Custom House | Seeking a Quay Words writer-in-residence for March 2026
quaywords.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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nmbluk.bsky.social
Most of our archive material is physical rather than #EYADigital but we searched our collection and found this image of a library team member c 1981, using an Apple IIe computer. Today almost all our research output could be classed as born digital archival material
A colour photograph of a woman, wearing a blue dress with white dots on, holding a notepad and pencil, sitting in front of an Apple IIe computer
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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💻 Swipe, tap, click… Day 6 of #ExploreYourArchive is #EYADigital! From analogue beginnings to tech-powered present, how is DMU history created saved & shared? @arascot.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk
@librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuforlife #archives
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Our #ExploreYourArchive theme today is Digital!

Here's our archivist Simon working on the digital records in the daCi Archive; just like paper archives, digital archives require careful management to preserve them.

Read Simon's #WorldDigitalPreservationDay blog via our website.

#EYADigital
Archivist Simon sits at his desk looking towards the camera. He's in the process of checking and storing digital files; on the desk in front of him are transfer and storage drives.
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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bdcmuseum.bsky.social
Coming up on Monday! Let us know your favourite Christmas films and quotes here: forms.office.com/e/MdcqnRSbcR and it will feature on our very special cinema-themed tree in the upper gallery! 🎄
December 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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nmbluk.bsky.social
For #EYAPets we have - cat paw prints on a dusty shelf! Not sure if this is what @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social had in mind but we think they're cute. And that is absolutely the reason we haven't dusted the shelf....
PS - no, we unfortunately don't have a library cat in residence 🐈
A colour photograph of a set of nine cat paw prints on a dust covered green shelf
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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The Cornish poets and writers Charles Causley and Jack Clemo were close friends - and they also loved their pets!

Two of the most documented pets in our archives are Causley's cat, Rupert, and Clemo's Pomeranian, Spark!

#EYAPets #Archives #ExploreYourArchive
A ginger tabby lying comfortably on Charles Causley's (face not visible) lap. Cropped image from a black photograph album page showing a black and white photograph of Jack Clemo leaning over a light-coloured Pomeranian in the foreground. The dog looks majestic, but his eyes look slightly alarmed! In the background is the cottage Goonamarris. The typed caption underneath reads: 'JACK CLEMO WITH SPARK Goonamarris August 25, 1950'. Cropped image from a black photograph album page showing a black and white photograph (slightly blurry) of a light-coloured Pomeranian. He looks very regal and the wind is billowing through his fur! The typed caption underneath reads: '"SPARK" August 25, 1950'. Colour photograph of a large ginger tabby cat lying in bright sunshine in a flowerbed. His tail is hooked around a small plant. He is looking towards the photographer with his eyes half closed.
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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ℹ️ Yesterday saw the launch of Devon County Council’s 12-week consultation into the future of the library service in the county.

This is your chance to have a say about their proposed changes through the survey here: devonlibraries.commo... (look for the "next" button in the bottom right corner)
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Who is this woman, proudly wielding a Christmas pudding?

Find out by reading our Book of the Month blog for December: devonandexeterinstitution.org/whats-in-a-p...

You can also pick up Christmas cards featuring this image from our Front Desk.
December 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM