/ en /supporting-war-effort-convalescent-hospital-new-college-during-first-world-war <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2025-07/Photograph%20of%20Mabel%20Wace%20and%20ten%20soldiers%20in%20the%20grounds%20of%20New%20²ÝÁñÊÓƵ%2C%20Oxford%2C%201915.jpg.webp?itok=TECla5py" width="655" height="435" alt="Photograph of Mabel Wace and ten soldiers in the grounds of ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford, 1915" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Supporting the War Effort: The Convalescent Hospital at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ during the First World War </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Shire</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2025): 23</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/182" hreflang="en">²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Gardens</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/144" hreflang="en">First World War</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/61" hreflang="en">²ÝÁñÊÓƵ history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/104" hreflang="en">20thC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/141" hreflang="en">Magdalen ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Throughout the First World War, the gardens of ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford were transformed from their usual calm greenery into a sea of tents and bustling activity—becoming a convalescent hospital designed to support the work of the Third Southern General Hospital in Oxford, which had its headquarters in the Examination Schools. Sources held primarily in the archives of ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ can reveal the role played by the hospital at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ within the hospital system in Oxford during the conflict, and its development over time as the war progressed.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Photograph of Mabel Wace and ten soldiers in the grounds of ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, 1915<br>Magdalen ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Archives, Oxford, P/408/P2/27</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>Magdalen ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-07/23NCN9%20%282025%29%20Shire%20on%20Convalescent%20Hospital.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1285084" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">23NCN9 (2025) Shire on Convalescent Hospital.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.23 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:58:52 +0000 Christopher 3390 at /node/804 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/default_images/Fellows%20placeholder_0.jpg.webp?itok=Ldi7pvRW" width="655" height="435" alt class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Bells and Books: Not What You Might Expect in Oxford’s Dreaming Spires </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Helen Bond</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2017): 08</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/139" hreflang="en">Bell towers</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/57" hreflang="en">²ÝÁñÊÓƵ</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/140" hreflang="en">Nuffield ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/141" hreflang="en">Magdalen ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/142" hreflang="en">Book storage</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/143" hreflang="en">Oxford libraries</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2018-07/8NCN4%20%282017%29%20Bond%20on%20Bells_1.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=517353" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">8NCN4 (2017) Bond on Bells.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">505.23 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 05 Jun 2017 09:49:36 +0000 Anonymous 804 at