DMU Heritage

15/08/2025

Oo it's the time of year where meets in the best summery way! Thru a De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) student's 'calligraphic' design for , 1973!

14/08/2025

Need more to go with your feast? Then check our online exhibition on the one and only Leicester Comedy Festival with pics, programmes and puns from its very first run in 1984. https://buff.ly/zXOl9j8 De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) DMU for Life Visit Leicester Kimberlin Library DMU

12/08/2025

A paleography challenge this with 3 inscriptions in the Kleines Lehrbuch des Schachspiels (Little book of Chess), 1902? From the English Chess Federation Library. Looking forward to the replies! Kimberlin Library DMU

08/08/2025

⛵ Sailing down the catwalk 1940s style this with outdoor leisure designs by De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) students back when it was known as the Leicester Colleges of Art & Tech. Kimberlin Library DMU

07/08/2025

Week starts today. Don't forget to dress for the occassion and do make sure you get enough tea in to see you through! Below 1920s tea dress designs and the tea dispatch room at Payne's Leicester. From the Marjorie Steele & Big Bear Collections.

05/08/2025

Connecting collections with a perfect match for : the cover of the Islington Chess Congress, 1970, organised by Stewart Reuben (English Chess Federation Library), paired with photos of the same event from the arbiter’s own collection, this one from 1968. Kimberlin Library DMU

01/08/2025

3 beautiful examples from our volume of Chinese printed textile designs, c 1950-1980 for . The volume was purchased by De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) as a teaching resource for students in the 1980s. More here: https://buff.ly/flWPCQF Kimberlin Library DMU

31/07/2025

ICYMI: check out our blog recounting our stocktaking space saving extravaganza: https://buff.ly/GyjKCmE Now tidier than ever 😍 🤩 De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) DMU for Life Visit Leicester Kimberlin Library DMU Archives & Records Association Scotland - ARA Scotland Explore Your Archive Campaign

It’s that time of year again! The academic year has been busier than ever, with more teaching sessions, volunteers, and visitors keeping us on our toes. And we've enjoyed every minute of it! But it does mean that often the big jobs, like moving artefacts to new storage, and the little ones, like u...

29/07/2025

It's ! Why not check out our articles on the Leicester Tigers Rugby Club collection by PhD student Ellie Alderson ft. photographs, trophies, shirts and fabulous stories. Sporting Heritage Leicester Tigers Women's International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC)

29/07/2025

: I ❤️ looking through chess programmes and club histories. Opening this History of the Norfolk & Norwich Chess Club 1936 revealed press cuttings and a letter to grandmaster Harry Golombek regarding his simul there in 1948. From the English Chess Federation Library Kimberlin Library DMU

28/07/2025

Yesterday was ! Ever wondered what it’s like to volunteer with us from afar? Find out in The Digital Helping Hand: Volunteering Off-Piste by archivist Callum 👉 https://buff.ly/WGndBvl A huge thank you to all our amazing & . We couldn’t do it without you! 🏆

27/07/2025

Come on, Lionesses! 🦁👏Cheering on the England Women’s Team in the final today 🏆⚽ To mark the occasion, here’s a throwback to De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) 's own women’s football team 2003. Were you in the squad? 👀 # Sporting Heritage International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC)