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[with apologies for any cross-posting] * This month, the Bodleian Library highlights a group of collections relating to the British government of Ireland, from the Tudor attempts at colonisation to the creation of an independent Ireland in 1921: http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/ * Recent additions include descriptions from the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and St Andrews, from the University of Wales, Bangor, Glasgow Caledonian University, the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House, the Rural History Centre, and the Scott Polar Research Institute. These include correspondence of imperialist Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902); records of agricultural engineers Cooch and Sons Ltd; and papers of polar explorer William Speirs Bruce (1867-1921: http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/ ------------ Paddy Collis Archives Hub Data Editor MIMAS, Manchester Computing, The University Of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL. Tel: 0161 275 6077 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk