Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
On Friday 8 August 2014 Prof Susan Schreibman and Dr Brian Hughes were interviewed by Donal O hUallachain on Dublin City FM on the Looking Back show. They talked about the Letters 1916 project, crowdsourcing, collections and different types of letters Continue reading Letters 1916 on Dublin City FM
There are a number of letters belonging to the Military Archives in the Letters of 1916 collection. In this featured institution profile, the Officers of the Military Archives, Commandant Pádraic Kennedy and Captain Claire Mortimer, told us about the Military Continue reading Featured Institution: The Military Archives
Featured Post by Hannah Healy At the height of World War 1 over 375,000 letters were being processed a day and 12.5 million letters left the British home depot every week[1]. During the First World War letters to and from Continue reading Women in WW1: Marie Martin
Professor Susan Schreibman from the Letters of 1916 project wrote an article entitled “Public invited to co-create 1916 letters project” for the Irish Times on Monday 4 August 2014. The article explores how the Letters of 1916 collection will bring previously Continue reading “Public invited to co-create 1916 letters project” in The Irish Times, 4 August 2014
The Letters of 1916 project team is delighted to announce that we have just added our 1000th letter to the collection! To mark the addition of the 1000th letter, Dr. Brian Hughes has written this feature on the letter writer, Continue reading Letters of 1916 has just added the 1000th letter to the collection
The next #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat will take place on 5 August from 5.30 – 6.30pm (GMT). The topic for the chat is: WOMEN IN WORLD WAR 1 Participate in the #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat. On 5 August, tweet Continue reading #AskLetters1916 Twitter Chat: 5 August 2014
We have just added Tammy Sellner’s profile to our ‘Featured Profiles’ section. Before emigrating to America, Tammy Sellner‘s ancestors hailed from Ireland. Last winter, Tammy decided to visit Dublin to see where they had come from originally. The photo tothe left was taken Continue reading New Featured Profile Added: Tammy Sellner
Tammy Sellner is from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in the USA. She is a bookworm, who also has a passion for cultural preservation. She is currently working in film archiving and distribution and she spends any free time reading and travelling. Tammy has Continue reading Featured Transcriber: Tammy Sellner
FEATURED LETTER Letter from Alfred Gerald Crofton to Lady Clonbrock, 1 October 1916 (National Library of Ireland) by Dr Brian Hughes Over 210,000 Irish men, all volunteers, served in the British armed forces during the Great War. For a long time Continue reading Featured Letters: Letter from Alfred Gerald Crofton to Lady Clonbrock, 1 October 1916 National Library of Ireland
The July #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat took place on 1 July from 5.30 – 6.30pm (GMT). The topic for the chat was: CROWDSOURCING The chat was very animated with lots of ideas and observations exchanged over the hour. We had contributions from Continue reading #AskLetters1916 chat 1 July 2014 – #crowdsourcing