In the penultimate post in this series exploring the different Midlands collection holders involved in the UOSH project, Elizabeth Gray examines the first of two institutions based in the county of Derbyshire. Derbyshire Record Office was one of the larger collection holders the UOSH Midlands team worked with, providing us with over 20 different collections […]
The UOSH Midlands team was lucky to work with several collections of programmes from BBC Radio Leicester that had been deposited at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland on behalf of the East Midlands Oral History Archive. Some of these collections have been explored in previous posts, including the In Perspective, Platform, and Digging out the Past […]
After exploring the recordings held by our Staffordshire collection holders in the last two posts, we now move onto the county of Shropshire and the sound recordings held by Shropshire Archives. The archives are located in the county town of Shrewsbury and contain a vast amount of archival material related to the history and administration of the […]
Previously, we have discussed the collections from Keele University that the UOSH Midlands hub has worked with. These have given us a glimpse into the history of Staffordshire. In today’s post, by Elizabeth Gray, we explore the region further by examining collections from Staffordshire Archives and Heritage. Staffordshire Archives and Heritage was established in 2012 to manage both the Archive […]
Throughout this series of blog posts on the UOSH Midlands collection holders, we have seen how both the number and size of sound collections that each institution holds has varied considerably. This post, by Elizabeth Gray, explores the three collections from Keele University’s Special Collections and Archives that the Midlands team worked with. Although relatively small, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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