News

The Modern Records Centre is now beginning to return to a fuller service. MRC staff are now able to access the building and collections in order to provide a more prompt enquiry and digitisation service. However, we regret that we are unable to provide visiting access for external researchers at the moment. We will endeavour to support remote researchers with advice, information and digitisation of materials as far as possible.

It is intended to reopen, initially for Warwick researchers only, in October. We will publish information about the reopening date and how to book as soon as the arrangements have been confirmed.

More information on the university's current coronavirus policy is available elsewhere on the university website, including the Vice-Chancellor's announcement of the closure and information about how the closure will affect the university library as a whole.

Now available in the Speaking Archives! part of our website: selected readings from the diaries of young Londoner Tom Flinn, cyclist, wireless fan, cultural critic and more besides, 1932-1935.

Then & Now: Arts at Warwick is a new online exhibition researched and curated by students on the history of the Arts Faculty: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/applyingtostudy/currentstudents/thenandnow

Undergraduate and postgraduate students from across the Arts worked collaboratively to conduct archival research at the Modern Records Centre and Students’ Union Archive, and conducted interviews with current and former staff and students. The exhibition has been divided into six themes to build the narrative of how Arts students have experienced their time at Warwick, including Art & Architecture, Degree Timeline and an Interactive Campus Map.

You can also read an interview with two members of the student-led team in The Boar: https://theboar.org/2020/06/interview-with-then-and-now-arts-at-warwick/.