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Behind the Scenes at the Archives: working on a digitisation project at York St John’s Historical Archive

Behind the Scenes at the Archives: working on a digitisation project at York St John’s Historical Archive By Suzie McKenzie and Charlotte O’Brien, 2nd year History students at York St John Over the course of semester 1 this year, we

Behind the scenes at the archives: transcribing the diary of former student William Holmes, 1892-3

Black and white photo of St John's college students 1886-87

Behind the scenes at the archives: transcribing the diary of former student William Holmes, 1892-3 By Raluca-Maria Corcea, 2nd year English Literature student at York St John As part of the Literature at Work module I undertook this year, I

Why I Chose YSJ for my English Literature PhD

Why I Chose YSJ for my English Literature PhD I think it was as early as the second year of my undergraduate degree when I decided that I wanted to do a PhD. I didn’t have a topic in mind