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Major accessions to repositories in 2021 relating to COVID-19 and epidemics

Local

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives: Old Aberdeen House Branch

  • Aberdeen City Council: schools Covid-19 Time Capsule entries 2020-2021 (Acc 3107)
  • Aberdeenshire Council: documents relating to Covid-19 pandemic 2020-2021 (Acc 3129)
  • Aberdeenshire Council: schools Covid-19 Time Capsule entries 2020-2021 (Acc 3121)
  • Aberdeenshire Council: records of Community Covid Testing site at Peterhead 2020-2021 (Acc 3137)
  • Aberdeenshire Council: collected materials relating to the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-2021 (Acc 3076)
  • Aberdeenshire Council: Covid-19 dashboards 2020-2021 (Acc 3077)
  • Melabella Gifts, Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire: Doric greeting cards referring to the Coronavirus pandemic 2021 (Acc 3083)

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives: Town House Branch

  • Aberdeen City Council: Covid-19 Time Capsule contents list 2020-2021 (3107)

Conwy Archive Service

  • Llandudno Museum and Gallery: Living History Lockdown Exhibition 2021 (CX763)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven

  • Alan Cleaver, (fl2020-2021): illustrated diary on life during the Coronavirus pandemic entitled 'Journal of the Plague Year' 2020-2021 (DX 2441)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle

  • Cumbria County Council: 'We Made History' Project: Response of Cumbria County Council to the Covid-19 Pandemic 2020-2021 (CB/WMH)

Derbyshire Record Office

  • Adverse Camber Productions Ltd, creative production organisation, Cromford: Moon Stories project files incl oral histories of 1969 moon landing memories, Moments in Time project files, incl artwork, photographs, poems, films created by young people during the coronavirus pandemic 2019-2021 (D8378)

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

  • Lockdown Legends: records of exhibition showcasing stories of local people showing kindness, courage, humanity and ingenuity during the covid-19 pandemic crisis. Exhibition was created from a selection of the stories and photographs of those nominated by members of the public and sent to Royal Albert Memorial Museum in summer 2020 21st cent (ZBBS)

Glasgow City Archives

  • Professor A Dunlop: sketchbooks of family's experience of COVID19 lockdown 2020 (Acc.6664)

Gloucestershire Archives

  • Gloucestershire County Council: records rel to the Council's response to the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-2021 (GCC)
  • South Gloucestershire Council: material rel to the Council's response to Covid-19 2020-2021 (SGC)
  • Life in lockdown: community response to COVID-19, incl photograph of anti-Covid sticker on lamp post 2021 (D15340)
  • NHS Gloucestershire: audio recordings of Covid-19 memories from NHS staff at Cheltenham General Hospital and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital 2020-2021 (D15853)
  • Life in lockdown: community response to COVID-19, incl Covid-19 shielding advice 2020-2021 (D15340)

Gwent Archives

  • Mrs Nash (fl2020) of Gwent: Covid-19 diaries 2020 (Accession6598)

Hull History Centre (Hull City Archives)

  • Linda Smith (fl 2020-2021), of Hull, poet: poems (18) created during the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-2021 (tbc)

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for

  • Newspaper cuttings rel to the Covid-19 Pandemic (April 2020 - August 2021) and a file of research, incl letters and postcards rel to Private George Harry Scott (1890-1915), 1/4 Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, compiled by his nephew 1915-2021 (DE10289)

Northamptonshire Archives

  • Girls Brigade, 5th Northamptonshire: papers relating to Covid 2020-2021 (COV19)
  • Northamptonshire ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England), support charity: papers relating to their Covid 19 Community Champions 2021 (COV19/4/004)

Nottinghamshire Archives

  • Booklet entitled "Beeston Hub: For The Love Of Scrubs" which commemorates local people coming together during the Covid-19 pandemic and sewing scrubs and supplies for the NHS and essential workers 2020 (DD/2797)
  • A piece of prose and a diary of one week in May 2020 during the first Covid Pandemic lockdown (Inspire Picture Archive) 2020 (Acc 9881)
  • Images of life in Nottinghamshire during the Covid 19 Pandemic lockdowns (Inspire Picture Archive) 2020 (Acc 9840-9880)

Perth and Kinross Council Archive

  • Perth & Kinross Council, Education Services: Inch View Primary School: Primary 5 electronic homeschooling documents for eductation at home during Covid 19 pandemic 2020 (21/35)
  • Perth & Kinross Council, Education Services: Crieff Primary School: home learning pack created by Crieff Primary School to support home learning during the Covid 19 pandemic 2020 (21/36)

Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Somerset Libraries: documentary film showing the 'Reflections' project, capturing stories and comments from library users living through lockdown during the Covid pandemic 2020-2021 (A/EUC)

Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives

  • COVID-19 Collection of 'Life During Lockdown' and 'Making History: documenting coronavirus in the East End': collective archive of photographs, poetry and diaries of residents and workers in Tower Hamlets, incl photographs taken by volunteers and staff of Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives in a personal capacity 2020-2021 (P/COV)
  • St Hilda's East Community Centre, Bethnal Green: newsletters and interview transcripts rel to the Community Shop and Drop created during COVID-19 pandemic to support the local community by delivering food parcels 2020-2021 (TH/9951)
  • Real, disability charity, Tower Hamlets: records of projects undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic, incl poems, photos and drawing by participants 2020 (I/REA)

Wigan Archives and Local Studies

  • Peto Bekker (fl 2020): photographic record of Wigan Infirmary Intensive Care Ward, staff at work during the pandemic, '#Behind Closed Doors' c2020 (Acc. 2021/45)
  • Steve Dawber (fl 2020-2021), Councillor Wigan West and Mayor of Wigan: records rel to Mayoral year incl extended appointment during COVID pandemic 2019-2021 (Acc. 2021/1)

National

National Army Museum Templer Study Centre

  • National Army Museum: Oral history interview with Col Ashleigh Boreham, Royal Army Medical Corps, rel to his service history, incl his contribution to the British Army's role as part of the UK's response to the COVID-19 pandemic 1970-2020 (2021-01-1)
  • National Army Museum: Oral history interview with Col Alison McCourt, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, rel to her service in Iraq, Sierra Leone and in the UK, covering her experience of the Novichok poisonings, and her contribution to the British Army's role as part of the UK's response to the COVID-19 pandemic 1970-2020 (2021-01-2)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

  • James Boyle: papers rel to his experience during the Covid-19 pandemic, including shielding directives from the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland 2020-2021 (Acc.14294)

Special

Royal College of Nursing Archives

  • Royal College of Nursing: records rel to RCN preparedness for a public inquiry, incl email corresp and a position statement. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.1)
  • Royal College of Nursing: web archive of the Royal College of Nursing website, web address (URL) www.rcn.org.uk through daily web crawls from April 2020 onwards 2021 (3369)
  • Royal College of Nursing: emails to all staff from Donna Kinnair, General Secretary and Chief Executive. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.2)
  • Royal College of Nursing: Royal College of Nursing Communications weekly Sharing Intelligence emails. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.16)
  • Royal College of Nursing: member experiences of COVID-19 submitted through website. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2020 (3339.21)
  • Royal College of Nursing East Midlands Region: East Midlands Region weekly update emails. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.17)
  • Royal College of Nursing Eastern Region: Eastern Region weekly update emails. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.18)
  • Royal College of Nursing Library and Archive Service: records of virtual event series Nursing a Pandemic and Inclusion Cafe with Inclusion Cafe artworks by Federica Ciotti 2020-2021 (3354)
  • Royal College of Nursing London Region: London Region weekly update emails. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2020-21 (3370.19, 3339.32)
  • Royal College of Nursing North West Region: North West Region weekly update emails. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.21)
  • Royal College of Nursing Northern Ireland: Royal College of Nursing Northern Ireland weekly update emails. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.12)
  • Royal College of Nursing Northern Region: Northern Region weekly update emails. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.2)
  • Royal College of Nursing Policy Unit: COVID-19 position statements covering employer policy & practice, government policy, pay and conditions and professional and clinical. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2020-2021 (3370.1)
  • Royal College of Nursing Scotland: Royal College of Nursing Scotland emails from Management Team to all staff detailing arrangements and updates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.14)
  • Royal College of Nursing Scotland: Royal College of Nursing Scotland daily media update emails. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.13)
  • Royal College of Nursing South East Region: South East Region weekly update emails. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.22)
  • Royal College of Nursing South West Region: South West Region weekly update emails. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.23)
  • Royal College of Nursing Wales: Policy and Public Affairs team records incl public consultation documents, public RCN briefing statements and campaign records comprising planning and research documents, communications and marketing material, outputs, records of events and photographs 1998-2020 (3359)
  • Royal College of Nursing West Midlands Region: West Midlands Region weekly update emails. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.24)
  • Royal College of Nursing: Royal College of Nursing Direct (RCND) COVID-19 daily reports. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2020 (3370.15)
  • Royal College of Nursing Yorkshire and Humber Region: Yorkshire & Humber Region weekly update emails. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.25)
  • Royal College of Nursing Wales: COVID-19 records incl actions log, communications records and return office planning records. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.7)
  • Royal College of Nursing: emails to all staff from Pat Cullen, Acting General Secretary and Chief Executive. Collected as part of the COVID-19 collecting project. 2021 (3370.5)
  • Royal College of Nursing: recordings (4) of events streamed live through the RCN website in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to mark one year since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic 2021 (3370.26)

Science and Industry Museum

  • Craig Oldham (b1985), designer and creative consultant: poster "May they never be deemed 'low skilled' again", 4 sheet size, that appeared on the streets of Manchester and then nationwide from April 2020 2020 (2021-1278)

Wellcome Collection

  • Journals of a Pandemic, online writing project: diary entries documenting experiences during the initial COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020 and over the following months of the pandemic. Efforts were made to source lesser-heard voices, this included working with unions, migrants, those with disabilities, NHS workers, sex workers, prisoners, activists, precarious workers 2020 (SA/PAN; acc 2613)

University

Abertay University Archives

  • Abertay University: Abertay Coronavirus Archive 2021 comprising administrative communications concerning the continuing effect of the pandemic, and online community updates reflecting how the university carried on its business during the year 2021 (ACC106)

Leicester University Library: Special Collections

  • Caroline Mary Wessel (b1942), teacher, author: limericks written during the Coronavirus pandemic [digital] 2020-2021 (ACC 2021/1 (D))

Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections

  • University of Nottingham, Communications and Advocacy Team: digital materials relating to the University's response to the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-2021 (UL/E/5/6/3)

Sussex University Library Special Collections

  • Paperchains Project: a project to collect stories rel to the Covid-19 lockdown, from people with experience of prison, homelessness, addiction, and families of people in the armed forces. A publication anthology of 30 stories was created and sold by Story Machine Books 2019-2021

University of Reading: Special Collections

  • Helen Dodd (fl2009-2022), Professor of Child Psychology, University of Reading: Pandemic Play Archive - documents and images rel to children's play during the Coronavirus pandemic 2020-2021 (Acc.MS5752)