Join Us to Discuss Financial Stability Issues! #2025eabhParis Join our meeting to explore the historical evolution of public debt: from ancient civilisations to modern warfare financing! Apply now: https://t.co/jP6i7415U1 @FinanceHistory1@Archivchronicle@MonnaieDeParis #financialhistory #eabh
Great to have Simon Lough visit the @BaringArchive today!Simon was looking at reports written by his great grandfather Sir William Bisset who was asked by Barings to research Japanese Railways in the early 1900s.
Applications are now being accepted for our Bursary for Business History Research. This bursary provides support for researchers to access business archives with awards up to £1000. For more info and how to apply please see https://t.co/WagNUwNFXK
Congratulations to @ka_peacock who recently won the ����New Researcher Poster Prize🏆at the 2024 @EcHistSoc conference for her presentation on women white collar employment during WW1. Well done Kirsty! 🤩#BaringArchive @OOCDTP https://t.co/RaKanuZfjo
Last month the #BaringArchive held an academic workshop. We were delighted to hear more about how researchers have been using the archive for topics ranging from Anglo-Japanese relations to the making of global financial networks. Find out more at https://t.co/hmCVyG6RL0
Great to welcome Gustav Ängeby to the #BaringArchive this week. Gustav is a PhD student from Stockholm University and is researching the role of Scandinavians in global trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
This week marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first women to work at Barings. Find out more about these pioneering women in our online exhibition at https://t.co/ZSUhCYUbzT #HERstory#womenshistory
The theme of travel continues in the #BaringArchive's latest #FromtheArchives post: a 1903 letter from a wealthy American client gives some insight into her travels and lays a trail that leads to a Japanese tea house recreated in Upstate New York. https://t.co/ts9ypi7dVz
As holiday season begins discover a set of letters in the Baring Archive that sheds light on how Joshua Bates, one of Barings' Victorian partners, spent his summer holidays up on the Yorkshire coast at Scarborough.🌞🌊🚂 https://t.co/8O8ydG3bQ4 #Scarborough#SeaSide#Victorians
Discover how a file in the #BaringArchive provides a snapshot of the British ship building industry in the late 1860s with details of ships built in Dumbarton, Stockton-on-Tees, London, Glasgow, Renfrew and Poole https://t.co/QRuJJlXneE
Many documents relating to railways can be found in the #BaringArchive and quite a few can be accessed via our Digitised Collections. Discover more at https://t.co/C2S5n9p9VN #RailwayHistory
Final item! Barings hired two rooms in St James’ Street to watch the coronation procession of King Edward VII on 9 August 1902. This is the receipt and contract.
Some coronation related items from the #BaringArchive. Sir Edward Peacock, a senior partner at Barings, was invited to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. This is his invitation and order of service.
This commemorative miniature British Coronation medal celebrates the coronation of King George V on 22 June 1911 and was given to John Baring, 2nd Lord Revelstoke. He was also appointed to the Royal Victorian Order.
In 1886 the Manchester Ship Canal Company was formed to build a 35 mile long canal from the River Mersey at Eastham to Manchester. View the prospectus for an issue made in 1887 to finance its construction. #IndustrialHeritageMonth https://t.co/YC2qg67y3r