A jigsaw with no edge pieces

As collections continue to grow, how do archival collections within and across institutions relate to one another like the pieces of a never-ending jigsaw? The second Sandars lecture will explore the “archival coalface”, from first encounters with the material, to the process of discovering an archive’s story and finding it a home.

The talk will showcase historical and contemporary collections acquired and preserved by British libraries over the past fifty years, including materials related to Siegfried Sassoon, Laurence Olivier, Winston Churchill, Muriel Spark, and Francis Crick.

This lecture is FREE and OPEN TO ALL. Booking required.

In the event in-person tickets are sold out, please email [email protected] to be added to the waiting list. Or you can sign up to watch the livestream here.

The lecture will take place in Robinson College’s Umney Theatre in Cambridge. For accessibility information, please visit https://www.accessable.co.uk/robinson-college/access-guides/umney-theatre.

Full information about the 2025 Sandars Lectures can be found at .

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