Institute of Historical Research Wohl Library
@ihrlibrary.bsky.social
The Wohl Library of the @ihr.bsky.social is a national resource for everyone researching or writing history. Membership is free to everyone and we are an open access, reference library holding over 200,000 books and journals.
We will be closed alongside the rest of the @ihr.bsky.social this Wednesday for Foundation Day at the University of London. See you on Thursday when we will be open as normal! 📖
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We will be closed alongside the rest of the @ihr.bsky.social this Wednesday for Foundation Day at the University of London. See you on Thursday when we will be open as normal! 📖
Our trainees Sasha and Sarah have written a blog showcasing some of the spookier and scarier books in the IHR Library’s collection - check it out! 🎃 🕸️
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/hall...
#halloween #libraries #blog
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/hall...
#halloween #libraries #blog
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our trainees Sasha and Sarah have written a blog showcasing some of the spookier and scarier books in the IHR Library’s collection - check it out! 🎃 🕸️
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/hall...
#halloween #libraries #blog
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/hall...
#halloween #libraries #blog
This History Day, explore hidden queer histories and surprising discoveries in the Queer History and Heritage Trail, with collections from The Postal Museum, @rcphysicians.bsky.social @qmullibrary.bsky.social and beyond! Blog: buff.ly/pzsC6wm
#HistDay25 @ihr.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social
#HistDay25 @ihr.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This History Day, explore hidden queer histories and surprising discoveries in the Queer History and Heritage Trail, with collections from The Postal Museum, @rcphysicians.bsky.social @qmullibrary.bsky.social and beyond! Blog: buff.ly/pzsC6wm
#HistDay25 @ihr.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social
#HistDay25 @ihr.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social
⭐ Ahead of History Day 2025, why not take a moment to read our blog on LGBTQ+ books in the IHR Library? The blog highlights some of our more recent titles, uncovering hidden stories, challenging narratives and celebrating queer history 🏳️🌈
👉 Read here: blog.history.ac.uk/2025/04/new-...
#HistDay25
👉 Read here: blog.history.ac.uk/2025/04/new-...
#HistDay25
October 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
⭐ Ahead of History Day 2025, why not take a moment to read our blog on LGBTQ+ books in the IHR Library? The blog highlights some of our more recent titles, uncovering hidden stories, challenging narratives and celebrating queer history 🏳️🌈
👉 Read here: blog.history.ac.uk/2025/04/new-...
#HistDay25
👉 Read here: blog.history.ac.uk/2025/04/new-...
#HistDay25
We've updated our new books displays on the 1st and 2nd floors. There's a wide range of subjects spanning from the medieval to the 21st century.
If this interests you and you're not a member, membership to the library is open and free to everyone - www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
If this interests you and you're not a member, membership to the library is open and free to everyone - www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
October 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We've updated our new books displays on the 1st and 2nd floors. There's a wide range of subjects spanning from the medieval to the 21st century.
If this interests you and you're not a member, membership to the library is open and free to everyone - www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
If this interests you and you're not a member, membership to the library is open and free to everyone - www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
New books time again - recent acquisitions including subjects as diverse as Russian diplomacy, Italian cooking and @georgetakei.bsky.social autobiographical account of Japanese-American internment.
To consult these and other collections, remember our membership is open and free to everyone.
To consult these and other collections, remember our membership is open and free to everyone.
September 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New books time again - recent acquisitions including subjects as diverse as Russian diplomacy, Italian cooking and @georgetakei.bsky.social autobiographical account of Japanese-American internment.
To consult these and other collections, remember our membership is open and free to everyone.
To consult these and other collections, remember our membership is open and free to everyone.
New Month, New Week, New #VCH County. Thanks to the lovely people at the Victoria County History readers can now find volume 1 of the new VCH #Westmorland series in the Foyle Reading room on the 1st floor of the library - search.libraries.london.ac.uk/permalink/44...
September 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New Month, New Week, New #VCH County. Thanks to the lovely people at the Victoria County History readers can now find volume 1 of the new VCH #Westmorland series in the Foyle Reading room on the 1st floor of the library - search.libraries.london.ac.uk/permalink/44...
Use the filter and search options on the discover collections page to find content aligning with your interests. Or, if you are interested in a specific organisation, simply search for them on our dedicated organisation page.
July 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Use the filter and search options on the discover collections page to find content aligning with your interests. Or, if you are interested in a specific organisation, simply search for them on our dedicated organisation page.
From next week there will be some changes to our opening hours:
Thursday 24 July - the IHR will be closed
From 28 July-30 August:
Mon-Friday 09.00-18.30
No Saturday opening
Regular hours will resume on 1 September
Details about our opening hours are here - www.history.ac.uk/about-instit...
Thursday 24 July - the IHR will be closed
From 28 July-30 August:
Mon-Friday 09.00-18.30
No Saturday opening
Regular hours will resume on 1 September
Details about our opening hours are here - www.history.ac.uk/about-instit...
July 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
From next week there will be some changes to our opening hours:
Thursday 24 July - the IHR will be closed
From 28 July-30 August:
Mon-Friday 09.00-18.30
No Saturday opening
Regular hours will resume on 1 September
Details about our opening hours are here - www.history.ac.uk/about-instit...
Thursday 24 July - the IHR will be closed
From 28 July-30 August:
Mon-Friday 09.00-18.30
No Saturday opening
Regular hours will resume on 1 September
Details about our opening hours are here - www.history.ac.uk/about-instit...
It's new books time again. Displays on the 1st and 2nd floors show a wide range of new acquisitions from medieval astrology to postwar Detroit, from the literature inspired by the Norman Conquest to the latest VCH Short about the parish of Cradley. Feel free to come have a browse
July 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It's new books time again. Displays on the 1st and 2nd floors show a wide range of new acquisitions from medieval astrology to postwar Detroit, from the literature inspired by the Norman Conquest to the latest VCH Short about the parish of Cradley. Feel free to come have a browse
With it being the 4th of July we thought we'd let readers know, who are researching or reflecting on the US, of our collections, with strengths including the Revolutionary War, the Constitution and the early Republic; we also collect sources up to the present.
July 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
With it being the 4th of July we thought we'd let readers know, who are researching or reflecting on the US, of our collections, with strengths including the Revolutionary War, the Constitution and the early Republic; we also collect sources up to the present.
Today probably won't be the first hot day of the summer. Water bottles can be refilled from the drinking water tap in the common room and the cooler parts of the library tend to be on the north (tree-facing) side of the building and the basement reading rooms.
June 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today probably won't be the first hot day of the summer. Water bottles can be refilled from the drinking water tap in the common room and the cooler parts of the library tend to be on the north (tree-facing) side of the building and the basement reading rooms.
To mark Canada's National Indigenous History Month, here are some of the work readers can find in the library about the histories and experiences of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. These are part of the Canadian history collection which can be found in the North American reading room.
June 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
To mark Canada's National Indigenous History Month, here are some of the work readers can find in the library about the histories and experiences of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. These are part of the Canadian history collection which can be found in the North American reading room.
New books in the IHR Library! Browse titles on Caribbean museology, commemorative practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, 17th-century gambling, postal documents as historical evidence, and more📚
June 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New books in the IHR Library! Browse titles on Caribbean museology, commemorative practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, 17th-century gambling, postal documents as historical evidence, and more📚
Just a reminder, the Institute will be closed over the bank holiday weekend including Saturday 24th May to Monday 26th May, reopening again at 9am on Tuesday 27th May. Details about the IHR's opening times can be found here: www.history.ac.uk/about-us/ope...
May 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Just a reminder, the Institute will be closed over the bank holiday weekend including Saturday 24th May to Monday 26th May, reopening again at 9am on Tuesday 27th May. Details about the IHR's opening times can be found here: www.history.ac.uk/about-us/ope...
In the religious history collection readers can find editions of papal letters, works on specific popes, councils and papal government including papal conclaves (shelf-mark ER.512) and the College of Cardinals (ER.546)
Find out about the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library/coll... #conclave
Find out about the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library/coll... #conclave
May 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In the religious history collection readers can find editions of papal letters, works on specific popes, councils and papal government including papal conclaves (shelf-mark ER.512) and the College of Cardinals (ER.546)
Find out about the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library/coll... #conclave
Find out about the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library/coll... #conclave
New books have arrived at the IHR Library! Explore the latest titles in our collection, from Black newspapers in Latin America and the VCH Short of Southend, to the historiography of colonial Bengal and the only known autobiography of a Yorkshire suffragist
May 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New books have arrived at the IHR Library! Explore the latest titles in our collection, from Black newspapers in Latin America and the VCH Short of Southend, to the historiography of colonial Bengal and the only known autobiography of a Yorkshire suffragist
Over this bank holiday weekend the IHR and library will be closed from 8.30pm on Friday 2nd May, reopening again on Tuesday 6th May at 9.00am.
www.history.ac.uk/about-us/ope...
We hope everyone has a good break and see you again next week.
www.history.ac.uk/about-us/ope...
We hope everyone has a good break and see you again next week.
May 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Over this bank holiday weekend the IHR and library will be closed from 8.30pm on Friday 2nd May, reopening again on Tuesday 6th May at 9.00am.
www.history.ac.uk/about-us/ope...
We hope everyone has a good break and see you again next week.
www.history.ac.uk/about-us/ope...
We hope everyone has a good break and see you again next week.
We will be closed from Thursday 17 April - Tuesday 22 April inclusive, reopening on Wednesday 23 April at 9am. Have a lovely Easter break!🌷
April 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We will be closed from Thursday 17 April - Tuesday 22 April inclusive, reopening on Wednesday 23 April at 9am. Have a lovely Easter break!🌷
New to the library is this two volume work about the brief period of press freedom introduced in Denmark by the Enlightenment physician/statesman J. F. Struensee. It offers a thorough survey of the titles produced during the years 1770-73 - catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b4676...
April 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New to the library is this two volume work about the brief period of press freedom introduced in Denmark by the Enlightenment physician/statesman J. F. Struensee. It offers a thorough survey of the titles produced during the years 1770-73 - catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b4676...
New books on the first and second floors! Browse titles on the Stonewall riots, Japan's imperial legacies, Scottish witchcraft trials and more.
April 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
New books on the first and second floors! Browse titles on the Stonewall riots, Japan's imperial legacies, Scottish witchcraft trials and more.
New additions to our Jewish History Collection includes a set of the interviews of Holocaust survivors as part of an ongoing oral history project by My Voice (myvoice.org.uk).
March 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New additions to our Jewish History Collection includes a set of the interviews of Holocaust survivors as part of an ongoing oral history project by My Voice (myvoice.org.uk).
Happy International Women's Day! 🥳💪
We have a large collection of materials on women's history at the IHR. Here are some of our most recent acquisitions at the library. Pay us a visit if you're interested in finding more.
We have a large collection of materials on women's history at the IHR. Here are some of our most recent acquisitions at the library. Pay us a visit if you're interested in finding more.
March 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Happy International Women's Day! 🥳💪
We have a large collection of materials on women's history at the IHR. Here are some of our most recent acquisitions at the library. Pay us a visit if you're interested in finding more.
We have a large collection of materials on women's history at the IHR. Here are some of our most recent acquisitions at the library. Pay us a visit if you're interested in finding more.
Got a minute? Please complete our annual library survey. We'd love to hear what you think! buff.ly/euZHYnA
March 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Got a minute? Please complete our annual library survey. We'd love to hear what you think! buff.ly/euZHYnA
Quite pertinent...unfortunately - Claiming the people's past: #populist politics of #history in the twenty-first century added to the library's historiography collection - buff.ly/4SC2XGt
March 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Quite pertinent...unfortunately - Claiming the people's past: #populist politics of #history in the twenty-first century added to the library's historiography collection - buff.ly/4SC2XGt