Blog | Amy Milne-Smith

Blogs

Below are blogs about current research projects by myself and some of my research students

Amy Milne-Smith

Mar 30, 20222 min read

The Benson family: Mad geniuses?

The Benson family was filled with remarkable talent. The struggles of that family would also seem proof of the hereditary taint of...

Amy Milne-Smith

Mar 14, 20226 min read

Paths to the Asylum

The Lunacy Commission, in place from 1845-1913, oversaw the treatment and legislative system of all those certified as mad in England and...

Amy Milne-Smith

Feb 25, 20221 min read

But what if the asylum was like a countryhouse?

One thing that surprised me in my research was finding patients who were happy with life in the asylum. While there were many men who...

Brianne Casey

Aug 15, 20213 min read

Thoughts on Transcribing and Courts Martial

I found the process of transcribing these documents rewarding and the information revealed to be interesting and, sometimes, surprising....

Amy Milne-Smith

Jun 30, 20212 min read

The Courts Martial project

Since I posted the spreadsheet of the transcription project that my research students have been working on for the past 2 years I thought...

Katrina Van Der Ahe

Jun 22, 20213 min read

Katrina's notes on military memoirs

Throughout the last two months, I have been reading military memoirs mainly from the mid to late nineteenth century, looking for...

59 views

Amy Milne-Smith

Jun 8, 20211 min read

Welcome

I have created this website to share research findings on my recent projects. I will be posting transcriptions of primary sources that...