/ 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%20College%2C%20Oxford%2C%201915.jpg.webp?itok=TECla5py" width="655" height="435" alt="Photograph of Mabel Wace and ten soldiers in the grounds of 91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥, 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 91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥ 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">91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥ 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">91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥ 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 College, 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 91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥, 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 91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥ can reveal the role played by the hospital at 91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥ 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 91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥, 1915<br>Magdalen College Archives, Oxford, P/408/P2/27</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>Magdalen College 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/1808 <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/2018-12/fig2.jpg.webp?itok=tAoQjvOT" width="655" height="435" alt="How The Mound Got Its Quack" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> How The Mound Got Its Quack </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Felix Flicker</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">(2018): 10</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/61" hreflang="en">91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥ history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/182" hreflang="en">91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Gardens</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/2018-12/10NCN10%20%282018%29%20Flicker%20on%20The%20Mound_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=172513" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">10NCN10 (2018) Flicker on The Mound.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">168.47 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:19:20 +0000 Christopher 1808 at