The Library of Birmingham
As Birmingham is the largest city in the Midlands, and the second largest in Britain, it was inevitable that the UOSH project would work with collections covering this area. The Midlands team were lucky to collaborate with the Library of Birmingham on preserving three of their key collections. All three of the collections the Midlands team […]
Walsall Leather Museum
One topic that frequently recurs in the various sound recordings the Midlands team has worked with is that of industrial history. Manufacturing has played an important role in the economy of the Midlands, with different towns and counties having their own niches. In a previous post we explored the collections held by the Forge Mill Needle Museum which detailed the needle […]
University of Nottingham’s Special Collections
Following on from our last post on Nottingham Local Studies Library, today we explore the other Nottingham-based collection holder the Midlands team worked with – the University of Nottingham’s Special Collections. The Special Collections are part of the wider network of libraries at the University of Nottingham and are stored at their King’s Meadow Campus. The notion […]
Nottingham Local Studies Library
During the UOSH project we worked with collection holders across the Midlands – two of which are based in Nottingham. Over the next couple of blogs we will be examining these in more detail, starting with Nottingham Local Studies Library. Nottingham Local Studies Library is part of Nottingham Central Library, the main library in the city. At […]
Forge Needle Museum
Many of the collection holders that the UOSH Midlands team worked with were county or city archives, such as the Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service , which we examined in a previous post. Today’s collection holder is slightly different, highlighting another institution where sound collections can be found to exist – the museum. Forge Mill Needle Museum explores the heritage […]
Coventry Archives
Continuing with our series on the Midlands collection holders involved in the UOSH project, Elizabeth Gray explores the sound collections held at Coventry Archives. The Archives, as part of Culture Coventry Trust, have been based at The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in the city centre since 2008, following the decision to bring together materials from the Coventry Record Office, […]
The UK Sword Dance Archive
In this second post of our series exploring the collection holders that we have worked with at the Midlands UOSH hub, Elizabeth Gray looks at the UK Sword Dance Archive. In contrast to Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service which we explored in our last post, today’s archive is much more specialised. The UK Sword Dance Archive consists of […]
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