Major accessions to repositories in 2017 relating to Disability

Local

Ceredigion Archives

• Cardiganshire Association for the Blind: minutes and other records (DSO/6)

Durham County Record Office

• Durham Spastics Society: records c1968-1990 (D/Loco)

Glamorgan Archives

• Joyce Robinson (1921-1994), disabled swimming facilities campaigner and Special Olympics UK committee member: corresp and photographs rel to donations and fundraising for a swimming pool at Ely and biography for MBE award 1961-1988 (D1471)
• Cardiff and District Hearing Impaired Support Group: records incl minutes, case documents, invoices, corresp, application forms 1988-2009 (D1434)
• Cardiff People First, learning disability advocacy organisation: Pink Ladies Project papers 2014-2017 (D1351)

Gloucestershire Archives

• Gloucestershire Deaf Association: records incl property records, business plans and AGM minutes 1920-2015 (D14611)

Kingston History Centre

• Kingston Centre for Independent Living: oral histories created as part of the Fighting for our Rights project 2017 (KHC/2017/060)

Lancashire Archives

• Disability Equality North West: records incl training materials, photographs and promotional material 1996-2017 (DDX 2981/Acc 12279)

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for

• Mosaic: Shaping Disability Services, Leicester: additional records incl reports, cuttings and photographs c1900-2010 (DE9346)

National

National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services

• Wales Deaf Broadcasting Council: papers incl minutes, corresp, and Treasurer's papers 1987-2016

Special

Bishopsgate Institute

• Keith Armstrong (1950-2017), disability campaigner: papers and campaign material 1975-2017 (ARMSTRONG)