RUSI Library

Updates from the RUSI Library. The library is currently closed while the RUSI building is redeveloped.

For RUSI, go to @RUSI_org

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For library & archive enquiries please email [email protected]. While the @RUSI_org refurbishment project continues there is no telephone service.

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Threads of War exhibition @FarleysHG explores women's images of war:
https://t.co/rNulS6IuvE

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Fantastic project!
https://t.co/PypdlpSdfk

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Todays find from @RUSI_org Library - oldest find, 1817, on the open shelves of the Main Library to date - and being added to #RareBooks collection

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Another book reassigned to Rare Books @RUSI_org Library, The Diary of Thomas Burton, 1828, published by Henry Colburn (honorary member of the United Service Museum as RUSI was first known).

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So happy that our exhibition Lawrence in Fragments is up at last!

If you want to see loads of Lawrence treasures including our 1926 bust of TEL by war artist Eric Kennington, drop in to College on any Wednesday afternoon until 13th December!

@MagdLibAndArch

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Portrait of #Nelson from The Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson, 1825, by William Beatty:

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Two rare and significant books on Nelson are being added to the @RUSI_Library's shelves. This is a valuable addition to our collection, as these books are not common in the country.

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Frontispiece from Nelsonian Reminiscences, 1843, now in Rare Books @RUSI_org

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Conscientious objectors in the second world war: little-known stories of pacifists plagued by doubt but willing to risk their lives https://t.co/Ztxc4n1iql via @ConversationUK

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Channel Island Nazis inquiry under pressure to find out why perpetrators never faced justice https://t.co/2d9R00cJNT

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Great to see the books returning to the shelves in the @RUSI_Library at our home at 61 Whitehall, including the rare 1802 edition of "Life of William Pitt."

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Field-Marshall Viscount Wolseley's #Bookplate in the @RUSI_org #Library collections:

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The @RUSI_org #Librarian is attending!

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I am excited to announce our new exhibition "Lawrence in Fragments" opens tomorrow in Magdalen College's Old Library from 2:00pm-4:30pm, and will be running until December!

I look forward to seeing you there!
@MagdLibAndArch
@magdalenoxford

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Join me in supporting this important cause at iPetitions. Bring back the Kate Greenaway Medal https://t.co/kQSXXKm8jo via @ipetitions

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Chinese Labour Corp by official war artist Sir William Orpen. Plus a photo of them at work and their cap badge, WWI 1917.

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The books are coming back @RUSI_org #Library with help from the team at #JamieBriggs

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In the latest @HistoryToday:
https://t.co/Svb8L6BkWo

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Librarian @JacquiGrainger in the @RUSI_org Library in 2018 - the books start coming back next week!

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Today in 1943, in Sicily; British troops of 17th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, pass burning Allied equipment. A military policeman directs tanks and other vehicles. Filmed by RH Morris, and preserved by @I_W_M.
#OnThisDay #WW2

IWM AYY 502/1/6 / https://t.co/wa0pAR9IsD

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You'll see the @RUSI_org #Library if you watch #CharlesDance on #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre
https://t.co/mQ9oqVzBzU