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Dr. Catherine Oliver, recipient of the 51�Թ� Research Fellowship, takes a closer look at the animals inside of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) archives

May 20, 2022

Dr. Catherine Oliver is a geographer based at the University of Cambridge. In 2020, Dr Catherine Oliver was awarded a Wiley Research Fellowship in collaboration with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), which provided her with access to their digitized archives via the Wiley Digital Archive platform. Learn more about her experience using the WDA platform and the images she uncovered.

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PhD candidate Tommy Flynn connects the attitudes of the past with current racial disparities in healthcare

July 28, 2021

“Framing your perspective is a critical aspect of any research work,” says Tommy Flynn, a PhD candidate at Emory. “Publications and primary sources I found on 51�Թ� talked about segregation, and the way people treated or perceived different social groups in the healthcare context, in ways that are discriminatory. I discovered hard evidence of attitudes and beliefs which helped explain today’s enormous disparities in treatment. Understanding the historical context has been vital for my research.”

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Lancaster PhD candidate Ann-Marie Richardson traces evidence of women’s participation in the RGS gatherings of the 19th century

April 2, 2021

Richardson, a PhD student at Lancaster University, looked at the Royal Geographical Society archive to explore the role of women in the 19th Century. “I wanted to find evidence of women in attendance at the RGS evening meetings during the 19th century, as well as the initial inclusion of women as fellows. I used the typeset transcripts feature, as some of the handwriting was difficult to read.”

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Loyola lecturer Dr. Catherine Nichols discusses the benefits of teaching with digital archives

March 26, 2021

Dr. Catherine Nichols, who holds a Ph.D. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, is an Advanced Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology and Museum Studies within the Department of Anthropology at Loyola University Chicago. She teaches on a wide range of subjects, including the process of researching museum collections, and has a particular interest in the digitalization of archives. For Dr. Nichols and her students, a key benefit of digital archives is its ease of access. Read the case to learn more.

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Dr. Philippa Hellawell from King’s College London writes about her work researching the history of scurvy using primary sources from the archive of the Royal College of Physicians.

Dr. Laura Robson-Mainwaring, a Health Records Specialist at The National Archives, writes about looking at the Royal College of Physicians archive to explore original documents concerning the history of family planning.