Borthwick news: 2018

Sunday 18 November 2018

Add value to your assignments and research by exploring the unique resources, only available here at York, relating to a wide range of academic subjects, held on campus in our archives.

Tuesday 13 November 2018

If you’re planning on visiting us across November, December and the festive season, please be aware of the following closures......

Friday 26 October 2018

The parish register recording the marriage of Admiral Lord Nelson has arrived at the Borthwick Institute for urgently-needed repairs.

Wednesday 17 October 2018

The Borthwick Institute for Archives, including the searchroom and microform room, will be open today as usual.

Wednesday 19 September 2018

We have joined an international initiative to support the future development of Access to Memory

Thursday 6 September 2018

The searchroom will be closed all day on Thursday, 13 September 2018.

Monday 13 August 2018

On Monday 20 August 2018 the main searchroom will be closed until 2pm for a general staff meeting.

Tuesday 31 July 2018

Borthwick staff and volunteers celebrate Archives Accreditation

Tuesday 24 July 2018

Applications are invited for a technical traineeship in digital archives

Tuesday 17 July 2018

The searchroom will be closing early at 3.30 p.m. on 24 July 2018.

Wednesday 16 May 2018

The latest Borthwick paper examines the social attitudes of the population of York in the early Victorian period, and challenges the assumption that the peaceful nature of the city suggested social harmony between the classes.

Thursday 3 May 2018

A new version of our catalogue is now available. Additional functionality includes searching by date range and a clipboard feature

Tuesday 17 April 2018

This new publication describes the life of Josiah Collier, an advocate and promoter of the Grindletonian theology which established itself in the early seventeenth-century.

Thursday 29 March 2018

We are pleased to announce that the Borthwick Institute for Archives has been awarded Archive Service Accreditation by the National Archives.

Thursday 15 February 2018

On Monday 19th February the main searchroom will be closed until 2pm for a general staff meeting.

Wednesday 14 February 2018

We are involved in a new digital training scheme with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund

Thursday 11 January 2018

200 years of mental health history from the Retreat Archive is now available to view online