Swansea University Archives Blog

Archives Assistant Stephanie Basford-Morris reflects on cataloguing her first archive collection, as part of her course in Archive Administration at Aberystwyth University. From the start of my course this had been an assignment I was really looking forward to, and it certainly didn’t disappoint.  I was lucky with the collection itself, which is a personal…Continue Reading A personal perspective – cataloguing the papers of Marian Henry Jones

With the TCS London Marathon taking place this Sunday on the 23rd April, we thought we’d rummage through our sporting collections and discover the history of this old 1930s running vest! The vest is white cotton with forest green stripes, embellished with a red dragon embroidered badge. Its label advertises that it was from a…Continue Reading A Personal Vest : Running at Swansea in the 1930s