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Updates from the RUSI Library. The library is currently closed while the RUSI building is redeveloped. For RUSI, go to @RUSI_org

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For library & archive enquiries please email [email protected]. While the @RUSI_org refurbishment project continues there is no telephone service.

RUSI_Library's tweet image. For library & archive enquiries please email library@rusi.org. While the @RUSI_org refurbishment project continues there is no telephone service.

Todays find from @RUSI_org Library - oldest find, 1817, on the open shelves of the Main Library to date - and being added to #RareBooks collection

RUSI_Library's tweet image. Todays find from @RUSI_org Library - oldest find, 1817, on the open shelves of the Main Library to date - and being added to #RareBooks collection
RUSI_Library's tweet image. Todays find from @RUSI_org Library - oldest find, 1817, on the open shelves of the Main Library to date - and being added to #RareBooks collection

Another book reassigned to Rare Books @RUSI_org Library, The Diary of Thomas Burton, 1828, published by Henry Colburn (honorary member of the United Service Museum as RUSI was first known).

RUSI_Library's tweet image. Another book reassigned to Rare Books @RUSI_org  Library, The Diary of Thomas Burton, 1828, published by Henry Colburn (honorary member of the United Service Museum as RUSI was first known).

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So happy that our exhibition Lawrence in Fragments is up at last! If you want to see loads of Lawrence treasures including our 1926 bust of TEL by war artist Eric Kennington, drop in to College on any Wednesday afternoon until 13th December! @MagdLibAndArch

ArchiveWilson's tweet image. So happy that our exhibition Lawrence in Fragments is up at last! 

If you want to see loads of Lawrence treasures including our 1926 bust of TEL by war artist Eric Kennington, drop in to College on any Wednesday afternoon until 13th December!

@MagdLibAndArch

Portrait of #Nelson from The Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson, 1825, by William Beatty:

RUSI_Library's tweet image. Portrait of #Nelson from The Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson, 1825, by William Beatty:

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Two rare and significant books on Nelson are being added to the @RUSI_Library's shelves. This is a valuable addition to our collection, as these books are not common in the country.

RUSI_org's tweet image. Two rare and significant books on Nelson are being added to the @RUSI_Library's shelves. This is a valuable addition to our collection, as these books are not common in the country.
RUSI_org's tweet image. Two rare and significant books on Nelson are being added to the @RUSI_Library's shelves. This is a valuable addition to our collection, as these books are not common in the country.

Frontispiece from Nelsonian Reminiscences, 1843, now in Rare Books @RUSI_org

RUSI_Library's tweet image. Frontispiece from Nelsonian Reminiscences, 1843, now in Rare Books @RUSI_org

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Great to see the books returning to the shelves in the @RUSI_Library at our home at 61 Whitehall, including the rare 1802 edition of "Life of William Pitt."

RUSI_org's tweet image. Great to see the books returning to the shelves in the @RUSI_Library at our home at 61 Whitehall, including the rare 1802 edition of "Life of William Pitt."
RUSI_org's tweet image. Great to see the books returning to the shelves in the @RUSI_Library at our home at 61 Whitehall, including the rare 1802 edition of "Life of William Pitt."

Field-Marshall Viscount Wolseley's #Bookplate in the @RUSI_org #Library collections:

RUSI_Library's tweet image. Field-Marshall Viscount Wolseley's #Bookplate in the @RUSI_org #Library collections:

The @RUSI_org #Librarian is attending!

I am excited to announce our new exhibition "Lawrence in Fragments" opens tomorrow in Magdalen College's Old Library from 2:00pm-4:30pm, and will be running until December! I look forward to seeing you there! @MagdLibAndArch @magdalenoxford

ArchiveWilson's tweet image. I am excited to announce our new exhibition "Lawrence in Fragments" opens tomorrow in Magdalen College's Old Library from 2:00pm-4:30pm, and will be running until December!

I look forward to seeing you there!
@MagdLibAndArch 
@magdalenoxford


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Chinese Labour Corp by official war artist Sir William Orpen. Plus a photo of them at work and their cap badge, WWI 1917.

SirWilliamOrpen's tweet image. Chinese Labour Corp by official war artist Sir William Orpen. Plus a photo of them at work and their cap badge, WWI 1917.
SirWilliamOrpen's tweet image. Chinese Labour Corp by official war artist Sir William Orpen. Plus a photo of them at work and their cap badge, WWI 1917.
SirWilliamOrpen's tweet image. Chinese Labour Corp by official war artist Sir William Orpen. Plus a photo of them at work and their cap badge, WWI 1917.

The books are coming back @RUSI_org #Library with help from the team at #JamieBriggs

RUSI_Library's tweet image. The books are coming back @RUSI_org #Library with help from the team at #JamieBriggs

Librarian @JacquiGrainger in the @RUSI_org Library in 2018 - the books start coming back next week!

RUSI_Library's tweet image. Librarian @JacquiGrainger in the @RUSI_org Library in 2018 - the books start coming back next week!

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Today in 1943, in Sicily; British troops of 17th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, pass burning Allied equipment. A military policeman directs tanks and other vehicles. Filmed by RH Morris, and preserved by @I_W_M. #OnThisDay #WW2 IWM AYY 502/1/6 / iwm.org.uk/collections/it…


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