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Completing the NHSN Herbarium Project
NHSN member Brenda Astley reflects on a 12-year collaborative effort to sort, conserve and fully integrate Newcastle University’s plant specimens…
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Where would we be without our volunteers!? Introducing the North East Nature Archive’s dedicated volunteer team
Mel Tuckett Here at the Natural History Society of Northumbria we are very proud to be celebrating Volunteers’ Week. Nationally,…
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How Covid impacted our relationship with nature
Nature was a lifeline for many of us during the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. As we mark five years…
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Inspiring Stories: exploring and growing the North East Nature Archive
NHSN Heritage Researcher Mel Tuckett explores some of the stories from our ‘Treasures of the Archives’ events Finding and sharing…
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Jane Loudon – The Fascinating Story of a Pioneering Nineteenth Century Author and Illustrator
Ian Bower pursues a largely-forgotten artist and science fiction visionary through the North East Nature Archive The North East Nature…
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Let There Be Light: Joseph Swan in the North East Nature Archive
North East Nature Archive Volunteer, Alan Hart, discovers intriguing traces of a world-famous inventor Earlier this year I was asked,…
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Finding Kathleen: a volunteer’s experience
North East Nature Archive, Sue Vaughan, reflects on her discovery of Kathleen Barrett’s vivid nature journals. Kathleen Barratt was born…
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Hidden treasures: Revisiting the Fungi Paintings of Sarah Dickson
Heritage Researcher Mel Tuckett and volunteer Alan Hart introduce one of the artistic highlights of the North East Nature Archive…
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Nurtured by Nature: Voices from the 1829 Forum
Back in October we were delighted to welcome early career naturalists to explore treasures from the North East Nature Archive. …
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‘To preserve men from sicknes, sorowe and payne’: William Turner’s Great Herbal
NHSN Heritage Researcher Rachel Anderson investigates one of the most priceless books in the North East Nature Archive collection This…