Welcome to the Borthwick's July newsletter.

The Great York Walk 2026 returns this weekend, with 225 participants already signed up to walk and support Mentally Fit York.

Special collections and heritage services in higher education are seen as appealing to a niche—and dwindling—audience. Here’s how the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York is…

Special collections and heritage services in higher education are seen as appealing to a niche—and dwindling—audience. Here’s how the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York is rewr...

I’ll be walking The Great York Walk this year in full British First World War uniform, wearing full webbing, to honour my great-grandfather, Private John William Brannan (9223), who served on the fron

Special collections and heritage services in higher education are seen as appealing to a niche—and dwindling—audience. Here’s how the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York is rewr...

An archive brings to life the hidden stories that have played out in rich detail over seven centuries of Yorkshire’s past.

Newly digitised archives include parish registers, wills and fascinating personal testimonies.

YouTube video by Borthwick Institute for Archives

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