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• Stream Congress and Capitol Words

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/06/stream-congress-and-capitol-words/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2012 http://streamcongress.

• DevInfo India

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/20/devinfo-india/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2012 http://devinfo.info/devinfoindia/ Useful graphic display of statistical data from the Indian government which has been developed using figures from various government ministries.

• US Elections and African Americans

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/30/us-elections-and-african-americans/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2012 The NAACP has declared that certain US states have introduced practices which are restricting black voting rights in the report Defending Democracy: Confronting Modern Barriers to...

• European Forum of Official Gazettes

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/17/european-forum-of-official-gazettes/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2012 http://circa.europa.eu/irc/opoce/ojf/info/data/prod/html/index.

• Where do rich people live? Are they getting wealthier?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/where-do-rich-people-live-are-they-getting-wealthier/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Get the latest data in the 2016  Global Wealth Report from the Credit Suisse Research Institute.

• Hunger

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/hunger/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 Hunger in Britain today The conclusion of  The report of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquir y into Hunger in the United Kingdom was published this week.

• 17th Century Adventures in Travel Writing

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/01/07/17th-century-adventures-in-travel-writing/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on January 7, 2015 In 1627, at the age of only 21, Sir Thomas Herbert travelled to Persia and India as a low-ranking member of Charles I’s embassy to Shah Abbas I.

• ‘A photographic revolutionary’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/11/21/a-photographic-revolutionary/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on November 21, 2014 ‘The Snow Garden’, P. H. (Peter Henry) Emerson, ‘Marsh Leaves’, (London, 1895), pl. XII, SCM 08575. University of Leicester Special Collections.

• Happy International Archives Day 2018!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/happy-international-archives-day-2018/

  Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on June 8, 2018 The University records manager, David Jenkins, and I (Vicky Holmes, University Archivist) thought we’d take the opportunity to flag up IAD18 and explain a bit about what we do all day!   On the 9th of...

• Frost Fairs on the Thames

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/12/01/frost-fairs-on-the-thames/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on December 1, 2015 Engraved portrait of John Evelyn by Francesco Bartolozzi. From the Fairclough Collection, EP 36, Box 7, p. 590.