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Major accessions to repositories in 2018 relating to Environment

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Archives and Cornish Studies Service (formerly Cornwall Record Office)

  • Ron Hill, (fl 1930-1939), associate of the Royal Photographic Society: black and white photographs (137) of St Ives and Cornwall 1930-1939 (AD2565)

Barnsley Archive and Local Studies Department

  • Arthur Clayton (1901-2002), local historian: historical notes and papers rel to the Hoyland and Elsecar area 20th cent (A/3742/Z)
  • British Rainfall Organisation: rainfall register and accompanying paperwork for Bolton upon Dearne 1910-1954 (A/3760/G)

Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre

  • Allan Bedford (fl 1953), local resident: photographs of Belvedere Floods 1953 (PHBED)
  • John Goulstone (fl 2018), local historian and archaeologist: antiquarian papers 2018 (ANGLS)

Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service

  • Friends of the Earth: Birmingham Branch: additional records 1983-2002 (MS 2696 Additional (2018/060))
  • Sampad: records of My Route project rel to changes in population, landscape and culture between Sparkbrook and Hall Green since 1940s 2014-16 (MS 4944 (2018/044))

Bristol Archives

  • Robin Stiles (1939-2018), chartered surveyor and industrial archaeologist: research papers, slides, books rel to local history and industrial archaeology c1950-2015 (46103)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Barrow

  • Ordnance Survey: land use maps for Windermere and Ulverston; Ambleside and Keswick 1930-1939 (BDX 778)
  • M Mackenzie: The north west coast of England from Walney Island to St Bees Head surveyed and navigated by M Mackenzie, senior, published 29 Sep 1775 1775 (BDX 796)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle

  • Mounsey family: glass slides of buildings, people and landscape of Borrowdale c1900 (DX 2346)
  • Cumberland River Authority: annual reports, standing orders and report by J Arthur Hutton on his visit to the River Derwent (1916) 1912-1924 (SCRA)

Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Guardians of the Reef Project: oral interviews of shell fish fishermen from Devon, Dorset and Cornwall 2017-2018 (ZARN; acc D2018/242)

East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service

  • Bernard Jennings (fl 1987-1993), Chair of Adult Education, Hull University: Kilham and Yorkshire farming research records c13th cent-2008 (DDX2210)

East Sussex Record Office

  • Sussex River Authority: papers of James (Jim) Francis Smith rel to remedial work on the Rivers Ouse and Uck c1950-1989 (ACC 13078)

Explore York Libraries & Archives

  • Alan Malden Owen (fl 1900-1999), local historian and photographer: records incl slides of York and one book by Capability Brown 20th cent (MAL)
  • Alison Sinclair (1900-1999), Conservation Officer: slides of York (c800) 20th cent (SCL)

Glamorgan Archives

  • Friends of Nant Fawr Community Woodlands: records incl minutes, newsletters, publicity materials, maps, photographs and corresp c1990-2018 (D1578)

Gloucestershire Archives

  • Gloucestershire County Council, Environment Department: photographs and negatives of Birdlip Hill Quarry c1980-1989 (GCC/ENV)

Gwynedd Archives, Meirionnydd Record Office

  • Ardudwy Fox Management Committee: minutes 1965-2011 (ZM7555)

Hackney Archives

  • Save the Stoke Newington Reservoirs Campaign: additional records 1988-2000 (2018/10)

Isle of Wight Record Office

  • William Darwin Fox (1805-1880), rector of Delamere, naturalist: collection of papers and seals from the Darwin and Fox families c1800-1880 (2018/034)

Lancashire Archives

  • Lancashire Best Kept Village Competition: committee minutes incl some yearly judging results 1958-2008 (DDX 3212)

Manchester Archives and Local Studies

  • Northwestern Naturalists' Union: minute book detailing activities, meetings and trips for the club 1987-1999 (2018/7)

Norfolk Record Office

  • Irelands Arnold Keys, Land Agents, Norwich: property sales registers c1913-1968 (BR 401)
  • The Geological Society of Norfolk: minutes, treasurer's accounts, photographs and memoirs c1950-1999 (SO 374)

North East Lincolnshire Archives

  • Hugh Winfield (fl 1946-2001), archaeologist: photographs of buildings and structures in North East Lincolnshire 1946-2001 (1475; 2018/025)
  • Port of Grimsby: records rel to fishing 1893-1950 (1470; 2018/019)

North Lanarkshire Archives

  • Motherwell and Wishaw Burgh: additional records incl reports, brochures, photographs and papers rel to sewage and water pollution 1920-1974 (UJ)

Peterborough Archives

  • Peterborough Historic Environment Record: sites and monuments record 20th cent (2018/15)

Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library and Archive

  • David Blomfield (fl 1950-2000), local historian: papers incl research notes, newspaper cuttings and photographs c1800-2000 (AD37; AD38; AD39; AD40)
  • Chambers (fl 1973-1977), senior coroner for the City of London: records rel to the Richmond Association for the Preservation of the Environment incl corresp, meeting agendas, cuttings and posters 1973-1977 (AD35)

Sandwell Community History and Archives Service

  • Smethwick Borough: corresp and documents rel to West Smethwick Park 1880-1920 (2018/54R)

Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Bird count journal of Maurice Hewins and John Keylock 1954-1963 (A/ENG)

Special Collections, The Mitchell Library

  • Helen Broadbent (fl 1968-1990), environmental activist: corresp, books, pamphlets and newsletters rel to involvement in the 'Glasgow for People' campaign 1968-1990 (1001058)

Stirling Council Archive Service

  • Dunblane Holmehill Community Group: records rel to community buyout campaign 2004-2018 (A 1993)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

  • Environment Advice Ltd, consultancy, Woodbridge: papers incl reports, bulletins and meetings 1979-2009 (HC613)

Teesside Archives

  • Teesmouth Bird Club: Cleveland bird report 2016-2016 (7641)
  • Tees Valley Wildlife Trust: book audio recordings and summaries for 'Where the Wild Things Were', a HLF funded project 2018 (7699)

West Sussex Record Office

  • Friends of Midhurst Common: records c1980-2018 (19298)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford

  • Friends of Norland Moor: records incl papers, minutes, corresp, reports and photographs 1978-1996 (WYC1875)

National

British Library, Manuscript Collections

  • US-UK Fulbright Commission: records 1945-2014 (Add MS 89316)

Natural History Museum Library and Archives

  • Dorothea Minola Alice Bate (1878-1951), palaeontologist: corresp with Richard Frederick Parry (1873-1948), estate manager for The Cheddar Caves, rel to fossils found at Gough's Cave, Cheddar, Somerset 1928-1935 (DF PAL/129/2/2)
  • Sir John Smith Flett (1869-1947), Knight, geologist: papers, incl material rel to the opening of the Flett theatre at the British Museum (Natural History), London 1862-1979 (GM)

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

  • Hugh Shearman (1942-1991), writer and journalist: papers incl minutes, reports and memoranda of the Connswater River Conservation Committee c1942-1999 (D4695; D4696)

Special

Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum)

  • Earth First!: records rel to local and national campaigns, direct actions and protests for the environment 1991-2011 (EF)

The Waterways Archive

  • John Dodwell: photographic collection rel to scenes and craft on British canals c 1960-1980 (CRT/DODWELL)