Salvation Army International Heritage Centre

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The International Heritage Centre tells the story of The Salvation Army from its origins in the 1860s to the present, both in the UK and internationally.
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/international-heritage-centre

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Visit our current exhibition: Across Continents, Across Centuries.🐎 Now on display is the fourth supplement to the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World), created by the Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius.

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📚 Curious about the Heythrop Library and British Jesuit Archives? Join us for our Open Day on Wednesday 7 October to explore our collections and find out more about using the library & archives for research. 📍 London Jesuit Centre 🕥 10:30–16:30 @heythroplib.bsky.social

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Capeli Cymru Census – Last Chance to Contribute!

Are chapels in your local area open, closed, converted, or demolished?

Please let us know by completing the National Chapel Census by 30th September: zurl.co/O75FB

Tu mewn i Gapel Diwygiedig Unedig Carmel, Nantmel | Inside Carmel United Reformed Church, Nantmel
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See this blog from @natarchivestrust.bsky.social about the event 'Charity Archives and Records Now' at @britishacademy.bsky.social in May, organised by our Records Manager, Paul Beard, and @profginab.bsky.social.

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Of interest to archivists, charities and historians (among others). #Skystorians

nationalarchives.gov.ukCharity Archives and Records NowCharity Archives and Records Now was a one-day event exploring new directions in research, policy and practice on voluntary sectors archives.
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We're looking forward to this day at Wilton's Music Hall next week. As part of the brilliant line-up, our Director is talking about the history of Salvation Army museums!

Press cutting advertising The Salvation Army Museum, from The War Cry 5 September 1931, p10
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Excited to share the conference webpage (plus provisional programme) for "Belonging to the Victorians? — Community, Collections, and Care" on 4 September 2026 at Wilton's Music Hall: belongingtothevictorians.uk Its free to attend and there are some spaces available to delegates not presenting!

belongingtothevictorians.ukBelonging to the Victorians? — Community, Collections, and CareBelonging to the Victorians? Community, Collections, and Care. A one-day conference at Wilton's Music Hall, London, Friday 4 September 2026. Organised by Daniel Grey and William Bainbridge, University...
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Our colleague, Rose, has written a blog for @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social on the theme of surprises in the archive #EYASurprise.

The post looks at surprise items including human hair, children's dolls and a skeleton army badge.

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exploreyourarchive.orgHidden Treasures: Unexpected Finds in The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre — Explore Your ArchiveIn this blog for EYA Surprise, Rose Urmston will take a look at some of the most surprising items found in the Heritage Centre’s archive
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Book news! 📚

My monograph, The Americanisation of W. T. Stead, is out soon from @edinburghup.bsky.social

Topics: journalism history, print culture, transatlantic literary networks, periodicals, & the relationship between Britain & America at the turn of the twentieth century: tinyurl.com/5xmrxs2j

The cover of the monograph ‘the Americanisation of W. T. Stead’ by Helena Goodwyn. Image shows a discount QR code and the painting ‘the arrival’ by C. R. W. Nevinson which is of a ship in the Futurist style using primary colours.
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