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Dust, Data, & Discovery
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Day 15: National Archives
For our last official day of class, we went to the National Archives, and the visit was a nice way to finish out the class. The National...

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Jul 221 min read
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Day 14: Barbican Walking Tour
On our final Tuesday, we went for a walking tour of the Barbican. We had previously visited the Barbican briefly during the Bedlam...

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Jul 211 min read
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Day 13: London Archives & V&A Archives
To start off our last week in London, we visited the London Archives and the V&A Archives. The London Archives were largely a showing of...

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Jul 201 min read
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Day 12: Kubrick Archives & Bedlam Walking Tour
We started the day off with a session at the Kubrick Archives, which was very informative about several aspects of the archives, the...

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Jul 161 min read
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Day 11: Portrait Archive & Jack the Ripper Tour
Today we went to the Portrait Archives, and then later in the evening we did a Jack the Ripper walking tour. The Portrait Archives were...

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Jul 151 min read
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Day 10: Cambridge
Cambridge was our third and final day trip outside of London, and overall, it was my favorite excursion! I didn't expect that I would...

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Jul 141 min read
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Day 9: Black Cultural Archives & British Museum
To start our third week in London, we went to the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, followed by the British Museum. This was another...

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Jul 131 min read
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Day 8: Cecil Court
Today we had a quick coffee house chat in which we touched base on what we had done so far, and afterwards we went out as a group for a...

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Jul 101 min read
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Day 7: Oxford & the Bodleian
Today we went on another day trip excursion, this time to Oxford. This class session was by far one of my top favorites! I will say that...

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Jul 91 min read
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Day 6: Bath
Today was our first excursion outside of London as a class (not including the optional day-trip to Stonehenge and Salisbury). Bath felt...

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Jul 81 min read
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Day 5: The Mousetrap Play
Today's class session was an afternoon showing of The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. During the free morning, I went to Abbey Road and did...

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Jul 71 min read
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Day 4: Churchill War Rooms
To start off the second week of classes, we went to the Churchill War Rooms. For the most part, this visit was self-guided. We were given...

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Jul 61 min read
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Day 3: Westminster Abbey
Our final stop for the first week of class was Westminster Abbey. This stop felt a little more like it was one of the tourist-y type of...

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Jul 31 min read
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Day 2: British Library
The second day of our class was one of the highlights! We went to the British Library and were given a tour where we learned about the...

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Jul 21 min read
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Day 1: Tower of London & London Fire Walking Tour
Today was the first official day of our BSP Library course! We went to the Tower of London and did a walking tour based around the London...

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Jul 12 min read
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