Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
We have just added a featured letter post to the site. The post was created by Louise Tobin, an English and History graduate from St Patricks College, Drumcondra. Louise also graduated from University College Dublin with a Masters in Library and Information Studies in Continue reading Featured Letter by Louise Tobin
We have just added a featured letter post to the site. The post was created by Sean Driver, an English Studies graduate from Trinity College, Dublin. Sean is currently completing an M.Phil in Digital Humanities and Culture and hopes to pursue a Continue reading Featured Letter by Sean Driver
FEATURED LETTER Letter from Joseph Michael Stanley to George Bernard Shaw, 28 March 1916 (Military Archives of Ireland) by Sean Driver ‘Seditious Matter’ in Dublin 1916. The Printing Press and the Pistol. Among the 1916 letters in the Military Archives of Ireland’s Continue reading Featured letter: Letter from Joseph Michael Stanley to George Bernard Shaw, 28 March 1916
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
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 process of creating a digital collection such as The letters of 1916, takes many people with many skills and expertise. This is the first blog post that describes one piece of the workflow from sourcing an analogue document to Continue reading Featured Institution: National Archives of Ireland
Preparations have been underway throughout the summer for the launch of the Letters of 1916 on 27th September. On 26th and 27th August, the Letters of 1916 team were joined by some willing researchers, both academic and enthusiasts, to trial Continue reading Upload Days 26th and 27th August 2013