Treasure of the Month for January 2020
One of the items recently rediscovered in the collections is a small wooden box, about 25 cm square, containing samples of precious metals. Its origins are unclear, but it may date from the days of the London bank’s early involvement with the mining and refining of Australian and Californian gold from the 1850s. Find out more about this intriguing artefact.
Posted on the 8th January 2020 | Read more…
Treasure of the Month for December 2019
In the Archive collection is a small red leather box, containing a collection of thirteen ‘Specimen coins 1902’ an uncirculated set of the coinage of the day, specially issued to mark the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. This month we take a look at the story behind the Coronation and solve a seasonal mystery.
Posted on the 1st December 2019 | Read more…
Treasure of the Month for November 2019
In 2019 the Evelina London Children’s Hospital celebrates its 150th anniversary. The hospital has been providing the highest standards of healthcare to children since its foundation by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in 1869, in memory of his late wife Evelina. Members of the Rothschild family continue to support innovation and excellence at ‘The Evelina’. This month we explore the history of the hospital.
Posted on the 1st November 2019 | Read more…
EABH Archival Workshop: GDPR and Historical Archives, European Central Bank, 23 March 2020
The eabh in co-operation with the European Central Bank are calling for papers for their joint workshop, GDPR & Historical Archives, 23 March 2020, European Central Bank, Sonnemannstrasse 20, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Posted on the 2nd October 2019 | Read more…
*NEW* Bullion microsite: a research resource for the study of Rothschild and gold
To coincide with the centenary of the Gold Fixing in September 2019, The Rothschild Archive has created a new microsite dedicated to the history of Rothschild and Bullion. The site features pages on Gold Trading, Gold Mining, and Gold Refining (focusing on the activities of the Rothschild Royal Mint Refinery). The site includes a history of the Gold Fixing, and for the first time, a comprehensive list of the daily Gold Prices 1919-1968 is available to researchers.
Posted on the 2nd October 2019 | Read more…
Treasure of the Month for October 2019
Letters Patent of Denization for Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1804: As citizens of the United Kingdom contemplate the realities of leaving the European Union, and European citizens living in the UK are invited to apply for settled status, this month we look back to the efforts of Nathan Mayer Rothschild to secure residency rights in England at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Posted on the 1st October 2019 | Read more…
Treasure of the Month for September 2019
Sometimes it is the smallest of objects that can have the greatest significance. In the collections of the Archive is a small, rather tired-looking Union Jack desk flag, about 25 cm high. This flag, originally one of a set of five, once played a crucial role in the business of one of earth’s most precious traded commodities – gold. September 2019 marks the centenary of the Gold Fixing, which for over 80 years took place at New Court, with the London firm of N M Rothschild & Sons at the heart of proceedings.
Posted on the 1st September 2019 | Read more…
EABH Archival Workshop: Minting History, The Rothschild Archive London, 29 October 2019
The eabh in co-operation with The Rothschild Archive London invites delegates to attend the Archival Workshop Minting History: Financial History at Face Value, 29 October 2019, The Rothschild Archive, London.
This workshop is aimed at minting and financial institutions’ archivists, money museum curators and researchers. The extensive archives of mints are a treasure-trove of information often covering extended periods of time. Yet some of these archival treasures are only accessible to a handful of specialists or remain largely unknown to researchers and the public. This workshop aims to present these materials to a wider audience and make them more accessible to interested researchers and scholars.
Posted on the 5th August 2019 | Read more…
Treasure of the Month for August 2019
As Rothschild & Co. welcomes its summer interns and global graduates for 2019, we look back seventy years to a time when a young Mr Edmund de Rothschild, recently de-mobilised, spent time at banks in America learning the business of banking.
Posted on the 1st August 2019 | Read more…
Treasure of the Month for July 2019
As we enter the Summer party season we look back to one of the most spectacular social events held in Victorian Britain - the famous Devonshire House Ball of 1897, an elaborate costumed pageant hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.
Posted on the 1st July 2019 | Read more…