# Exploring Ephemera: The Illumination of History

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: John Scott
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/exploring-ephemera-illumination-history)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The lecture will take an overview of the role of everyday documents in illustrating the economic development of the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century, ranging from newspapers and manuscript letters of the period to invoices embellished with views of dark satanic mills, bills of lading for goods exported and samples of materials manufactured at the time and still perfectly preserved in form and colour.

## Lectures

1. [Exploring Ephemera: The Illumination of History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/exploring-ephemera-illumination-history/f6f878a72994) (YouTube)