
RCVS Vet History Transcription Project

Introducing Jayna!

A delve into veterinary case notes…

A Few Of My Favourite Things

The Quarterly Journal of Veterinary Science in India and Army Management
5th February 2018/by Helena Clarkson
Cataloguing the Correspondence of Henry Gray

Living Pictures – Vet History Podcast

Happy 160th Birthday Fred Smith!

Introducing Helena!

Digital Collections website is live!

A Norwegian White Christmas

Cataloguing Fred Smith Part 3: Say what you see
Introducing Jayna!
/0 Comments/in Archives, Book Collection, Horses, RCVS Archives Project /by Jayna HiraniHello! My name Jayna and I have taken over the role of Archive and Digitisation Assistant from Helena. My role is to carry on in assisting in the digitisation and online accessibility of documents within the archive and historical book collection. I am currently in the process of obtaining my Diploma in Archives and Records […]
A delve into veterinary case notes…
/0 Comments/in Archives, Guest post, Horses, RCVS Archives Project /by Lorna Cahill BannisterFrom February to April this year, RCVS Knowledge were very pleased to welcome Claudia Watts, an MA History student from King’s College London. As part of her studies, Claudia was tasked with selecting highlights from Fred Smith’s veterinary case notes, and digitising and transcribing them for us. The results are now published in our Digital […]
A Few Of My Favourite Things
/1 Comment/in Archives, Book Collection, RCVS Archives Project /by Helena ClarksonI thought before I leave my role here, and go off to study for my MA in Archives and Records Management, it would be a nice idea to share snippets of my favourite finds and favourite materials that I’ve had the pleasure of working with during my time with RCVS Knowledge’s historical collections. For those […]
The Quarterly Journal of Veterinary Science in India and Army Management
/0 Comments/in Book Collection, RCVS Archives Project /by Helena ClarksonCataloguing the Correspondence of Henry Gray
/1 Comment/in Archives, Birds, RCVS Archives Project /by Helena ClarksonAs the RCVS Knowledge Archives and Digitisation assistant, my main duties are to scan the historical material, upload it to our Digital Collections website and take part in the promotion of the collection. In recent months, I have worked on a side project: cataloguing the personal correspondence and research papers of veterinary surgeon Henry Gray (1865-1939). One of the […]
Living Pictures – Vet History Podcast
/0 Comments/in Archives /by Lorna Cahill BannisterThis year, RCVS Knowledge were very pleased to participate in an internship scheme organised by the Kings College London History department. MA student Abbie Latham spent a few months with us, reading and transcribing Fred Smith’s Boer War letters. She also recorded the following podcast, in which she explores aspects of the letters relating to […]
Happy 160th Birthday Fred Smith!
/4 Comments/in Archives, RCVS Archives Project /by Lorna Cahill BannisterToday, 19th April, marks 160 years since the birth of Frederick Smith in 1857. I’m going to take this opportunity to tell you a bit more about the man, and what I like about him, after spending over a year working with his papers. Potted History of Smith Smith was born in Hull, in 1857, […]
Introducing Helena!
/0 Comments/in Archives, Book Collection, Horses, RCVS Archives Project /by Helena ClarksonHi, my name is Helena and I am the new Archive and Digitisation assistant. My role, like Adele’s before me, is to assist in the digitisation and online accessibility of documents within the archive and historical book collection. I hope to one day become a fully qualified archivist so this role is a wonderful opportunity […]
Digital Collections website is live!
/4 Comments/in Archives, RCVS Archives Project /by Lorna Cahill BannisterAfter months of development and tweaking, I am now very happy to show the world our fantastic new Digital Collections website! My most recent blog posts have described the cataloguing process – with the end result of the online archive catalogue. The Digital Collections site serves the other main aim of the RCVS Vet History […]
A Norwegian White Christmas
/0 Comments/in Archives /by Clare BoultonThis month marks the 75th anniversary of an important military operation which paved the way for true ‘combined operations’ involving the Royal Navy, RAF and Army; an operation in which two members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons took part. In 1941 Vaagso, a coastal town in Southern Norway, lying between Trondheim and Bergen, […]
Cataloguing Fred Smith Part 3: Say what you see
/4 Comments/in Archives, RCVS Archives Project /by Lorna Cahill BannisterAfter completing the listing and arranging of the Frederick Smith collection, I now move onto the nitty gritty of archive work – writing descriptions. You can see the descriptions I’ve completed so far on our newly launched archive catalogue, and I have linked to specific records on the catalogue as examples below. This stage essentially […]
RCVS VET HISTORY
We are an RCVS Knowledge initiative, for the preservation and promotion of the historical collections of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, made possible with the support of The Alborada Trust.
The Alborada Trust
The Alborada Trust is a charitable trust founded in 2001. Its aims are the funding of medical and veterinary causes, research and education – and the relief of poverty and human and animal suffering, sickness and ill-health. Charity Registration No 1091660
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Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Trust (trading as RCVS Knowledge) is a registered Charity No. 230886. Registered as a Company limited by guarantee in England and Wales No. 598443.
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