Libellus

Libellus is a collection of new online-only articles with some selected and edited off-prints from our magazine and newsletter. There is a mixture of mostly short reads together with features similar to those in our members’ magazine. Contributions to this online collection or for Magna are always welcome. Please contact the editor for more information.

Libellus translates from the Latin as petition or small book, so named to provide a contrast to Magna (large) or as Magazine of The National Archives.

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A Mild National Emergency: recording a feast with an unexpected outcome

by Tony Wakeford

Beware Danger Ahead: rabbit holes and other historical research hazards

by Tony Wakeford

Letter from America…1777

by Anne Ramon

The National Savings Movement: Supporting the war effort in World War II

by Tony Wakeford

Harry Lauder: An early super star of stage, studio and screen

by Tony Wakeford

Silent Witness: The historical record

by Tony Wakeford

The National Archives in Kew behind a green lawn

In the Groove: The dash for the South Pole

by Tony Wakeford

His Majesty King George V: A royal recording star

by Tony Wakeford

‘The English Caruso’: A recording star of the early 1900s

by Tony Wakeford

The Lark Ascending: A rising star

by Tony Wakeford

The Alignment of Planets in Bedford: The making of a historic recording

by Tony Wakeford

Yapton: A Sussex Parish Seen Through the Parish Records and Census

by Tony Wakeford

Online with the Education team: A year of Change in 2020

by Emily Morris

A System of Spies and Informants

by Chris Barnes

Agincourt: An Army Marching on Parchment

by Ben Trowbridge

‘Art for art’s sake’: Sunflowers, peacocks and blue and white china

by Julie Halls

Some Research Tips

by Jane Ainsworth

The Battle of Flodden 1513

by Sean Cunningham

The Coronation in the Public Records

by Adrian Ailes

The Czar’s British Squadron

by Michael Mahoney

The ‘Dear Mrs Pennyman’ Project

by Jane Ainsworth

The Death of Queen Anne: Three hundredth year commemoration

by Ralph Thompson

The Fine Young Old Boy

by Simon Fowler

The tragic Voyage of the Lloyds to New Zealand: was her doctor a villain or a scapegoat?

by Ian Hay-Campbell

Shot by Kurdish tribesmen in the foothills of Ararat: The fight for compensation for a life changing injury

by Susan Littledale

Recording and the Gramaphone Record in the Second World War

by Tony Wakeford

News from the Air: Precious scraps of information from the enemy

by Simon Fowler

The Royal Sussex Regiment in the Archives: Looking beyond the War Office records

by Tony Wakeford

A life on the ocean wave: On the high seas at Kew

by Stephen Taylor

Drug Addiction during the inter-war years: The care and treatment

by Simon Fowler