 My name is Katie McElvenny. I'm a second year CDP student at Queen Mary University of London and the British Library and my research focuses on Russian women journalists during the Russian Revolution and Civil War. The main thing that attracted me to the project when I saw the advert was that it would give me the opportunity not only to do my PhD in an academic environment, but also to work in a cultural institution and gain experience of working in the heritage sector. The idea behind having this collaborative project was to get students that could make use of the library's collection and the British Library has this fantastic archive called the H.W. Williams papers and I'm actually cataloging the archive as part of my project and work with the British Library. Alongside cataloging the archive, one of my other main tasks is to help with the preparation and research for this upcoming exhibition on the Russian Revolution, which will be to commemorate the centenary of the revolution in 2017. We've got a fantastic range of posters from this period, from the Civil War period, especially Bolshevik, anti-Bolshevik propaganda posters. It's very exciting to be able to document them in detail. This collaborative PhD has really inspired me to work in the sector. I'm particularly passionate about the education side of museum work and how we get young people excited about history and I feel like I'm working with the British Library has really given me the skills to work in this area in the future.