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Unique, eclectic, inspiring - discover our Archives & Special Collections at Falmouth University & University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall.

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Falmouth & Exeter Uni Archives @fxuniarchives.bsky.social · May 23
Our collections are available to students and staff of Falmouth University and the University of Exeter, as well as to the public!

You can book an appointment to visit us at the link below⬇️

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It's only a week until our in-conversation event with author Elisabeth Gifford, including a chance to explore Daphne du Maurier's archive!

📅 Wednesday 12 November 2025
🕕 6PM - 7:30PM
📍Seminar Room A/B, Old Library

Book your FREE ticket! ⬇️

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An Author in Daphne du Maurier's Archive
Join Elisabeth Gifford, author of The Mischief Makers (2024), for a discussion about how she used Daphne du Maurier's archive to inform and inspire her work.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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🎃 Nos Kalan Gwav Lowen dhyworth an govskrifva! / Happy Halloween from the archives! 🎃

We're sharing some of books relating to horror films from our Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection. Scary stuff!

The Special Collections are open to browse, 10am-4pm, Monday to Friday.

#Archive #EYAMonsters
Four books arranged on a white background. Clockwise from top left, the books are titled Horror Cinema, The Modern Horror Film, Nightmare Movies: A Critical Guide to Contemporary Horror Films, and The New Horror Handbook. Some of the covers include images from horror films, including Freddy Krueger and the 'door scene' from The Shining.
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Over the last few weeks we've been very busy with lots of teaching sessions, meeting students from history, illustration and theatre courses among others!

This is some of the material we got out for BA Illustration students, showing a variety of creative approaches and responses.
A sketchbook with blue watercolour and pen drawings of orbs with additional border designs. A sketchbook with colourful abstract designs of landscapes in green, blue, red, yellow, orange and purple. There are handwritten notes at the bottom of the page about the colours used. A sketchbook with a watercolour and ink drawing of the ruins of a prisoner of war camp at Dunham Park. In the background, there are four other sketches on the table. A sketchbook with a pencil illustration for part of a stage design. A large red triangle shape is in front of a grey tiered platform on a blue background.
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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👹 This October, we're featuring monsters for the Explore Your Archive theme, and the collections at Kresen Kernow are full of fascinating folklore and fearsome tales!
October 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Marking #BlackHistoryMonth by highlighting our Black Screen History display curated by Chloé Jarrett-Bell, which focuses on the presence and integration of Black people in #screenhistory from 1900 to the present day. 🎧Listen to Chloe's podcast here: tinyurl.com/mv5ka6ax #filmsky #museumsky
October 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Good morning to everyone but especially to all the octopuses, for today is their special day!

To celebrate World Octopus Day, here's an illustration of an octopus from the book 'The World of the Sea' by Moquin Tandon, published in 1869.

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#WorldOctopusDay #OctopusDay #RareBooks
Cropped image showing an engraving of an octopus Full-page engraving from a book. It shows an octopus lying on the seabed, with a squid and a cuttlefish coming towards. The cuttlefish is making a cloud. The engraving is captioned: 'Plate XI. A Poulpe. A Cuttle-Fish Making His Cloud. A Calmar'.
October 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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A flock of cranes has arrived in the #Archives! Our 'Japan in Print' display of books related to Japan is now up in the reading room, complete with origami decorations.

Pop in and have a look! The #SpecialCollections are open to browse, Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm, on Level 0 of the Exchange.
A blue paper crane hanging in front of a glass window. In the background are paper cranes of other colours, some books on display, and double doors with the text "Archives & Special Collections" on them.
September 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Welcome to new and returning student from all of us at Falmouth and Exeter University Archives & Special Collections!

We thought we'd do a quick introduction of what we do and how you can use the collections.
#WelcomeBack #FalmouthUni #UniversityOfExeter @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk
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September 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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🎉Congratulations to the 2025 awardees of our Ronald Duncan Stipend for South West Writing! 🎉
Alex, Sama and Sam will be receiving a £2000 stipend to use our archive collections to inspire new writing.
Find more about them & their projects at specialcollectionsarchive.exeter.ac.uk/exhibits/sho...
September 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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📢 FREE Heritage Open Day drop-in event!

Come & explore architectural plans, Exeter Blitz letters, John Gendall sketches, rare books, & much more!

📆 Saturday 20 September
🕙 10:30am-1pm
🔗 www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...

#HeritageOpenDays #HOD #HODs2025 #HeritageOpenDaysExeter #Exeter
Poster for a Heritage Open Day event. A dark green banner at the top of the poster reads: University of Exeter Special Collections Architecture in the Archives Heritage Open Day event. Underneath is an image from an architectural plan of St Luke's College. Laid on top of the image is further text in white boxes, which reads 'Join us at a FREE drop-in event to see, touch and explore a range of rare, unique and fascinating items relating to architecture in Exeter and Devon! Pre-booking not required. Everyone welcome. Saturday 20 September 10:30AM - 1:00PM Seminar Room A/B, Old Library, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter EX4 4SB'. Underneath is a green box with white text which reads: 'Find out more at: https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/architecture-in-the-archives.html' next to a QR code. Underneath are the logos of Heritage Open Days and the University of Exeter.
September 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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This week is the #GorsedhKernow Esedhvos festival in Marazion. / Yma'n #Esedhvos yn Marghasyow an seythen ma

This book from our #GorsedhKernow Collection was written by Henry Jenner, a founder of the Gorsedh, to help people learn Cornish. It even has a chapter on Cornish swear words!

#EYAEducation
A page from Henry Jenner's 'Handbook of the Cornish Language' at the start of a chapter titled 'Swear-Words and Expletives'. The visible text reads: "Cornish is a disappointing language in respect of swear-words, for it is by no means rich in those “ornaments to conversation.” Except for a few very distressing expressions, now better forgotten, which are put into the mouths of the evil characters in the Dramas, the swears are mostly quite harmless, and even pious. It is not at all difficult or morally dangerous to learn to swear in Cornish." "Surprise is generally expressed by Re Varîa! By Mary! By Our Lady! shortened at times to Arîa! and Rîa! This is used as an Englishman might say “By Jove!” or “By George!” or a Frenchman “Dame!” "If there is an element of annoyance mingled with the surprise, An Jowl! The Devil, may be mentioned with effect, perhaps by those to whom Re Varîa! savours too much of Popery; but Re Varîa! is in better taste. An Jowl may be used, as in English, after words signifying where, what, why, when, to strengthen a question." "An assertion is strengthened by the use of the name of a saint, preferably the patron of one’s own parish (though any Cornishman may swear by St. Michael)"
September 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Check out this amazing opportunity to join our Heritage Collections team! 👀

The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter is looking for a part-time Museum Assistant to join their friendly team.

Please spread the word! ⬇️
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We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a part-time (job share) Museum Assistant! Closing date 10th September. For more information and to apply please visit: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

#museumsky #heritagejobs #filmsky @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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We are delighted to announce a new temporary exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the University of Exeter!

This exhibition features the Royal Charter, awarded in 1955.

The exhibition is open for everyone to visit on Level 0 of the Forum Library on @exeter.ac.uk's Streatham Campus.
Display case with four shelves, featuring a range of items, including a congratulatory address, photographs, a special issue newspaper, the Royal Charter of the University of Exeter, and a speech made by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956.
September 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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It would be wrong to let #EYAComedy month pass by and not mention #CharlieChaplin.

📷: Books from the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection #Comedy #Chaplin #Archives @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @bdcmuseum.bsky.social
A number of books about Charlie Chaplin laid out on a white table. The central books are 'Chaplin and American Culture' by Charles J. Maland, 'The Great Charlie' by Robert Payne, and the Charlie Chaplin Annual. All the books have different depictions of Chaplin on their covers.
August 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Today we're dreaming of a holiday in Cornwall with this hand-painted map from 1576!

The map from our beautiful atlas was based on a survey undertaken by the cartographer Christopher Saxton.

📷 Rare books B 1590/SAX/XX; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social

#MapMonday #MondayMaps #Cornwall
A large full-page hand-coloured map of Cornwall, including the names of towns and villages. Sections of the map showing the sea include drawings of a sea monster and two ships. A coat of arms is drawn at the bottom of the page. Sections of the map showing the sea include drawings of sea monsters and ships. At the top of the page is framed text written in Latin: 'Factum est hoc opus An[no] D[o]m[ini] 1576 et D Elizabethe Reginae 18' [translated: This work was done in the year 1576 and the 18th of Queen Elizabeth], with illustrations of three ravens sitting above it.
August 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Keeping up the #CharlesWoolfCollection word association and linking in to #EYAHumour month, here's a photo of the beach at Porth Joke, near Newquay in 1967. We expect it probably isn't quite as empty as this today! 🏖️

📷: ICS12/10451, Beach, Porth Joke
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An almost empty beach at low tide with two people in the shallows near the sea. In the background on the right, there are grassy cliffs and rocks which stick out into the sea.
August 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Today is #InternationalWolfDay so what better time to showcase the #CharlesWoolfCollection!

This image is of a troop of Wolf Cub scouts in a parade in Newquay in 1957.

Although it's not an actual wolf, we think this qualifies 😉

📷: ICS12/2648, Wolf Cubs Parade
#WolfDay #Newquay #Archives
A group of Wolf Cub scouts standing in formation ready for a parade in front of shops near Newquay railway station. They are wearing grey uniforms and green caps.
August 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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This is Rupert, the favourite cat of the Cornish poet, Charles Causley.

Rupert can be found in many photographs within the archive, showing how beloved he was by Causley!

📷 EUL MS 50a/PHOT/2/2/6

#InternationalCatDay #CatDay #CharlesCausley #Archives
Colour photograph of a large ginger tabby cat lying in bright sunshine in a flowerbed. His tail is hooked around a small plant. He is looking towards the photographer with his eyes half closed. The photograph has been mounted on card with a brown border around the photograph.
August 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Today we've been looking at handwritten compositions in the #ElmhirstCollection that were gifted to Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst by a composition class in 1944.

They are by several students and written for a variety of instruments. Now we just need a string trio to play this piece!

📷: M780 THI
Handwritten musical notes on a page with printed staves. A handwritten inscription reading "To Leonard and Dorothy, with love. Third Book of Dartington Compositions by members of the Tuesday evening composition class, May to July, 1944." on a page with printed staves.
July 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Our Myth, Folk and Fairytales resource list is now live!

Items about folklore, myths and legends throughout all of our collections are now easily findable in one place.

📷: ICS12/12774, #CharlesWoolfArchive, Performance of Ordinalia by Bristol University Drama Group
#Myth #Folk #Fairytale #Archives
A picture of a performance of the Ordinalia at Perran Round where a number of devils are entering the stage while Adam and Eve sleep.
July 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I recently saw a show of rehearsed readings of material from Nick Darke’s archive collection. The performance was fascinating and left me thinking about archives & the creative process - and wondering how much of my own workings-out I would want to keep in the long run, and to share with others.
'Mind if I look?'
A reflection on archives & the creative process
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July 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the porcupines!

To celebrate World Porcupine Day, here is an illustration of a porcupine from the book 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc.

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#WorldPorcupineDay #PorcupineDay #RareBooks
Cropped image from a book showing a colour illustration of a porcupine in side profile, standing on a patch of grass. It has a stout body, short legs, and black fur, as well as a coat of sharp spines or quills.
July 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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#SeythenKewselKernewek yw an seythen ma! / This week is #SpeakCornishWeek!

Yma lies lyvrow a-dro dhe Gernewek y'gan Kuntel Arbennik #GorsedhKernow. / There are many books about Cornish in our Gorsedh Kernow Special Collection.

Vysytyewgh ni rag dyski moy! / Visit us to find out more!

#Kernewek
Three books about Cornish language on a white background. At the top of the photo is 'The Cornish Language Around Us' by Richard Gendall which has green and orange illustrations on the cover. At the bottom left is 'Cornish For Beginners' by P.A.S. Pool which has a blue cover. At the bottom right is 'Notes on Spoken Cornish' by Rod Lyon and John Pengilly which has an off-white cover and an illustration of a maritime scene with boats and fishermen.
June 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Refugees' stories often feature within our Middle East collections. The documents in this image are from the Richmond papers and concern charitable work in the early 1970s by the Quakers and UNIPAL (Universities' Educational Fund for Palestinian Refugees).

📷 EUL MS 115

#WorldRefugeeDay #Archives
Collage of documents concerning concern charitable work by the Quakers & UNIPAL in the 1970s, including a typescript letter, a manuscript letter and a images of Jerash refugee camp.
June 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Today is International Tennis Day! 🎾

This photograph from our University Archive shows students ready for a tennis match! It was taken in the grounds of Reed Hall in 1929.

📷 EUL UA/P/3i

#InternationalTennisDay #TennisDay #UniOfExeterArchive #Archives
Black and white photograph showing twelve students - six women and six men - on and around stone steps within the grounds of Reed Hall. Five students are wearing white blazers; two are wearing dark blazers, and five are wearing striped blazers. All are holding tennis rackets.
June 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM