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The latest news, blogs and discoveries from the Caird Library & Archive team

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17 Jun 2022
Workhouse woe and boys saved from blindness: stories from HMS NHS: the Nautical Health Service
Discover just some of the stories recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital. Will you join us and help unearth more?
13 Jun 2022
HMS Sylvia's Circumnavigation of Hokkaido
In this month’s blog we travel to Japan, more precisely to its northernmost island of Hokkaido, and through a journal kept in 1871 by Lieutenant Swinton Colthurst Holland, meet the local Ainu people.
19 May 2022
Sickness and health at sea
The Caird Library and Archive's new display case highlights sickness and healthcare in the Georgian Royal Navy
28 Apr 2022
The surgeon's mate by John Woodall
The Caird Library collection includes a variety of titles on medicine and its practice at sea. Perhaps the most highlighted example is the medical book used by the Bounty mutineers (RMG reference: PBD6069), but there are many more to be discovered.
04 Apr 2022
The History of the Caird Library
Named for the Glaswegian shipowner Sir James Caird, Bt. (1864-1954), the Caird Library and Archive has been facilitating research into maritime endeavour for over eighty years. Today it is the largest maritime reference library in the world.
03 Mar 2022
Paper conservation challenges at the Caird Library
Find out why centuries-old papers often look so much better than decade-old ones.
23 Feb 2022
Early charts from the Mediterranean
The Caird Library and Archive’s new display case highlights three colourful charts from the rich cartographic collection of Royal Museums Greenwich.
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