Jo is working closely with Claire Tunstall, Global Head of Art, Archives and Records Management at Unilever, to investigate what records, collections and publications exist to help us understand more clearly the sourcing and supply chains of raw materials in these areas, how the Lever Brothers business operated here and the nature of the company’s approach to worker welfare.
Read more about this project here.
As historians it's an important part of our job to engage with the public and also other institutions and make our work more accessible to everyone.
Dr Jo Tierney