Workshop: Introduction to and Highlights of the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
- Date: Tuesday 19 November 2024, 15:00 – 16:30
- Location: Bedford Room, Special Collections Research Centre, Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
- Type: Seminars and lectures, Seminar series
- Cost: Free. <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=qO3qvR3IzkWGPlIypTW3y74eqOLcj5VFp87PQcBkW_NUMUJUN1dHNVJHT1YzWlZNN1dFU1pTVFQ4QS4u">Registration via online form essential</a>.
Sylvia Thomas from the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society presents a workshop for the Institute for Medieval Studies seminar series.
About the workshop
The Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society was established in 1863 as the Huddersfield Archaeological and Topographical Association and moved to Leeds in 1896. From as early as the 1860s the Society began to acquire books and manuscripts for its members to consult at its premises. The collection deposited with the University of Leeds is an impressive collection of manuscript and printed material built up by the Society over a period of around 150 years. This is a rich and varied resource for local, family, architectural, economic, social, religious and landscape history. This seminar will focus on the medieval holdings. There will be a display of highlights from the collection.
About the speaker
Sylvia Thomas is the Honorary Collections Liaison Officer of the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society. She is the former archivist and a past president of the society, and a retired County Archivist of West Yorkshire.
Find out more about the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society collection in Special Collections, part of Leeds University Library.
Find out more about the Institute for Medieval Studies.
How to attend
Registration via the online MS Form (no Microsoft account required) is essential to avoid disappointment. Places are strictly limited to 20 attendees.
If you have registered but will no longer be able to attend, please contact Iona McCleery (I.McCleery[at]leeds.ac.uk) so that your place can be offered to someone else.
This workshop will be in-person only. It will be held in the Bedford Room, which is part of Special Collections in the Brotherton Library. Please report to the Brotherton Library reception desk, where colleagues will be able to direct you to Special Collections.
Image credit
Map of Yorkshire (Ducatus Eboracensis), Joan Blaeu, Atlas Maior (Amsterdam, 1662). Held by National Library of Scotland; used under CC-BY licence.