CHRISTINE POULSON University of Sheffield Archives

A poignant experience

Posted on May 8, 2023 in acceptance of loss, Mariam Yamin, Peter Blundell Jones, University of Sheffield | 2 Comments

I always feel at home in a library or an archive. When I made an appointment last week to visit Sheffield University library, it took me back to the many days I’ve spent doing research in the British Library, the V & A library, the Courtauld Institute, and elsewhere. I arrived at the library, and […]

Packing Up a Life

Posted on Jun 15, 2020 in Grieving, Packing up an archive, Peter Blundell Jones, University of Sheffield | 26 Comments

My husband, the architectural historian and critic, Peter Blundell Jones, died in August 2016. It all happened very fast. I didn’t think to ask him where he wanted his archive to go and he didn’t leave any instructions in his will. It is an important body of material. In the course of his career Peter […]