Fal Ex Archives

What a fantastic photo! 🤩 Did you know the Camborne School of Mines merged with the University of Exeter in 1993? The Camborne School of Mines archive is held the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus at @FXArchives. You can find out more here ➡️library.fxplus.ac.uk/csm-archive-csm

We are so excited to welcome new colleagues to our amazing Bill Douglas Cinema Museum soon! Check out the links below to find out more about the new roles currently being advertised ⬇️ #MuseumJobs #ExeterJobs #Exeter

The role of the party is worker is definitely varied! Here are items from the Papers of Mary Mann being worked on by our Project Archivist Lizzie, highlighting a Spring Fair & Auction fundraiser organised by the Penryn Liberals in 1984, with a David Bowie Scarf up for grabs!

FREE potato dressing workshop now on @FXLibrary until 3pm run by our excellent @falmouthuni students #archives #art #creativepractice #wellbeing

Daphne du Maurier was born #OnThisDay in 1907. We look after several archives & collections relating to Daphne du Maurier, which include drafts, letters & even a writing desk! Find out more on our online catalogue ➡️bit.ly/3uiTffI #OTD #DuMaurier #LiteraryArchives

@BerksArchives Oh goodness, 10 years already?! Rosie, you are still very much missed!

This year marks 10 years since Rosie, Archivist at RBA, completed her Graduate Traineeship @FXArchives !😊 #WhereYouStarted #Archive30

We're delighted to share the news that @CornwallCouncil Culture Team will be the home of our brilliant Museum Development Officer, Stephanie Clemens who will continue to support museums across Cornwall with the vital funding we have retained via @SWMuseums

On #InternationalDayOfHappiness, we'd like to give a little shout out to archives! ❤️ Engaging with archives can have lots of wellbeing benefits - it can be exciting, it can be emotional, and it can give us new opportunities to connect with ourselves and with others.

Our Cultural Marketplace is underway as part of our St Piran’s Celebration on the @UniExeCornwall Penryn Campus @UniOfExeterHASS @ICornishStudies @QueerKernow @kresenkernow @Heritage_Trust

We are now open for appointments! After a big audit over the past two weeks we are happy to start the new year with our first researchers, tours, teaching, workshops and exhibitions. Please get in touch to discover something new for the year! @FalmouthUni @UniExeCornwall #ARCHIVE

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 or fun! #EYAYourArchive #ExploreYourArchive

Archives are almost always unique materials. Items such as diaries or letters are especially likely to exist only once in the world. This awareness can make an archive experience extra magical! 📷 EUL MS 262/add1/63 Diary of 'A Tour in Italy 1878' #ExploreYourArchive #EYAUnique

A recent acquisition the manuscript notebook for Mother’s Boy - a novel by @PNovelistGale published in 2022. It measures over 3m long- front and back! #EYABig #exploreyourarchive

These items from our Sir Norman Lockyer papers relate to the astronomer's expedition to observe the solar eclipse of 12 December 1871 in Southern India. Find out more this archive on our blog ➡️specialcollections.exeter.ac.uk/2021/10/27/pap… 📷 EUL MS 110 #ExploreYourArchive #EYAExpedition #Astronomy

Not long to go now!

@UoEHeritageColl Fantastic news! Congratulations!

We're really thrilled to see the hard work of our Special Collections team recognised by the The National Archives Accreditation panel - many thanks! 🎉

Patrick Gale dropping off his latest deposit with us - 3 years’ of papers and scripts. @PNovelistGale @FalmouthUni @UniExeCornwall @falwriting @SoFTFalmouth #patrickgale #writers #screenplays #archives #cornwall #charlescausley #cornishwriters #inspiration #lovearchives

@UoEHeritageColl Congratulations! 🥳

Alongside materials relating to Cornish Politics some of our @ICornishStudies politics collections explore links to other Celtic nations. Interested in working with these collections? still time to apply for our cataloguing archivist post jobs.falmouth.ac.uk/vacancies/1075… @uknatarchives