Our volunteer Matthew has been working away, coming up with some fabulous colouring-in activities based on items in the Ure Museum’s collection! Download them as pdfs by clicking the Download…Read More >
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Γράμματα από την Βαλελμίνι και τον Παναγιώτη Σαλωνίτη
Άλκηστις Φώτη (Εθελόντρια στο Μουσείο Ure) Έχοντας την ευκαιρία να δουλεύω με πηγές στο Μουσείο Ure, ήρθα σε επαφή με γράμματα από την περίοδο του Εμφύλιου πολέμου στην Ελλάδα (1943-1949)….Read More >
Letters from Vilelmini and Panagiotis Salonitis
By Alkistis Foti (Ure Museum volunteer) Something very interesting about working with the archives is that I had the chance to read and catalogue letters written during the Greek Civil…Read More >
Hidden Women Digital: 1. Annie Dunman (Hunt) Ure (1893 – 1976)
Annie Dunman (Hunt) Ure came to Reading initially in 1911 to study Classics at the University College Reading. She was taught by Professor of Classics Percy Ure. After she was…Read More >
Hidden Women Digital: 7. Julia Katherine (Wickes) Steele (1871 – 1942)
Julia Katherine (Wickes) Steele was born in Bengal, India, where her father, Thomas Wickes, was a railway engineer for the Bengal Public Works Department. After he retired in 1895, the…Read More >
Hidden Women Digital: 8. Anne Mary Wickes (1868 – 1941)
Anne Mary Wickes was born in Bengal, India, like her sister, Julia Katherine Wickes. Eventually she became an artist and was based in Hampstead, London. She exhibited her work at three…Read More >
Reginald Percy Austin (1900-1943)
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Reginald Percy Austin came to University College Reading from his hometown in Cornwall in 1920, following a very brief period of war service…Read More >
Vivian (Whitfield) Wade-Gery (1897-1988)
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Born in Dublin, Vivian Whitfield studied at Trinity College Dublin, winning a Gold Medal for excelling in Classics. She attended Somerville College, Oxford…Read More >
Caroline Amy Hutton (1861-1931)
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Born in New Zealand, Caroline Amy Hutton attended Girton College, Cambridge and studied Classics in the early 1880s. Like her contemporary at Girton…Read More >
Grace Ernestine Holding (c. 1878-1943)
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Grace Ernestine Holding was born in London in around 1878. She obtained a B. A. degree from the University of Wales, attending University…Read More >