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New Lives for Classical Gems

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17th June 2021

On this 900th anniversary of the founding of Reading Abbey, UoR Classics takes the opportunity to highlight one of many connections between Classics and medieval Britain, with this guest blog…Read More >

New Lives for Classical Gems

TIMELINE: Annie Dunman Hunt Ure (1893-1976) Part 2

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11th March 202020th March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) We have been researching Annie Ure’s life and career over the past few months. Earlier last summer, our UROP student Ruth Lloyd created…Read More >

Reginald Percy Austin (1900-1943)

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24th January 202020th March 2020

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 >

Caroline Amy Hutton (1861-1931)

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3rd January 20206th May 2021

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)

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19th December 201920th March 2020

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 >

Ure Museum Archives: An initial description

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9th December 201923rd March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Preliminiary information on the Ure Museum’s archive holdings can be found below.  For more information or research access enquiries, please email ure@reading.ac.uk. The…Read More >

A Wartime Interdisciplinary Vision

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3rd July 201922nd October 2019

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) I’m continuing my research into the origins and history of the Ure Museum, and thanks to archivist Sharon Maxwell, the University History Collection…Read More >

#CollCurCat

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24th June 201920th March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) The “Collectors, Curators and Cataloguers” workshop held on 12 June at the Museum of English Rural Life and the Ure Museum at the…Read More >

On Museum Beginnings

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24th May 201920th March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) This month, the Ure Museum posted a new film on its YouTube channel, “On Museum Beginnings“.  I put together this short film taking…Read More >

A Suffrage Sequence

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12th April 201920th March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) If any readers have been following my activities on Twitter, they’ll know I’ve been spending some time recently listening to an excellent archive…Read More >

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