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The Jocelyn Brooke Collection

The Jocelyn Brooke Collection

In June 2023, Marrin’s Antiquarian bookshop in Folkestone kindly offered Canterbury Christ Church University a collection of material related to the Kent author Jocelyn Brooke which had been collected by […]

18 Aug, 202307 Aug, 2024 Archives / Special Collections, Home, Public engagement
In which the author eats humble pie

In which the author eats humble pie

In a follow-on post from “Discerning the sighs of the times”, the author sighs a lot as she uncovers the truth about the CANTESS conference and discusses the importance of […]

18 Aug, 202315 Nov, 2024 Archives / Special Collections, Home, Research

Mentioned in Despatches

This semester volunteering in the archives has led to some interesting discoveries. We’ve been looking at material from the Victorian era, WW1 and WW2.

16 Jun, 202315 Nov, 2024 Archives / Special Collections, Home, Public engagement
Working with the David Baron Collection

Working with the David Baron Collection

This semester second year students Natalie Tungate and Daniel Randall have been working with the David Baron Collection, a newly acquired collection of objects and Victorian Judaica.

30 May, 202324 Jul, 2024 Archives / Special Collections, Home, Public engagement, Research2 Comments on Working with the David Baron Collection
Discerning the Sighs of the Times

Discerning the Sighs of the Times

We received a package in the library containing loose leaf type-written sheets detailing the events of a two week summer school that was held at Christ Church College at some […]

26 May, 202315 Nov, 2024 Archives / Special Collections, Home, Public engagement
A very special archives and library in the heart of Canterbury

A very special archives and library in the heart of Canterbury

On Tuesday the CCCU Library Archives Working Group visited Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library to find out more about archival practice in the city. In this blog post we’ll be […]

26 May, 202315 Nov, 2024 Archives / Special Collections, Home, Public engagement
A very Kentish education

A very Kentish education

The early 1920s was a period of hope and transformation after the horrors of the Great War.  Education had been hard hit in the period 1914-18 with male teachers joining […]

09 Dec, 202207 Aug, 2024 Archives / Special Collections, Home, Public engagement, Research
Explore Your Archives Week

Explore Your Archives Week

As archives and records organizations across the UK and Ireland celebrate ‘Explore Your Archives Week’, it seemed a good time to share what has been going on in the CCCU […]

29 Nov, 202223 Jul, 2024 Archives / Special Collections, Home, Public engagement, Research
Kentish Tales: stories of love, smuggling and murder

Kentish Tales: stories of love, smuggling and murder

Kentish Tales is an exhibition of work by authors who lived in or wrote about Kent and is currently taking place in Augustine House library until the end of October. […]

19 Oct, 202215 Nov, 2024 Archives / Special Collections, Home, Public engagement

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