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Major accessions to repositories in 2021 relating to Women's History |
Local
- Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp: records 1981-2001 (D/EX2854acc10841)
- Ambergate Womens Institute: financial statements (2002-2013), annual reports (2003-2004), minutes (c2002-2012) 1918-2013 (D8138)
- Wirksworth Cottage Hospital: case register of Aina Avotins (1926-2021), midwife (Sep-Dec 1953), photograph of midwifery staff c1953 (D8363)
- William John Princep (WJP) Burton, (1857-1940), headmaster: personal papers incl correspondence with Florence Nightingale, photographs and his published booklet "Schemes for Nature Study for Schools" 1898-1937 (D4335)
- Alfreton Townswomens Guild: minutes, programmes, photographs, financial records, membership registers, annual reports, competition book c1930-1999 (D8376)
- St Ronan Old Girls Association: minute book, newsletters, reunion papers incl photographs, letters, newspaper cuttings, attendees lists, typescript of St Ronan's School Song, booklet entitled "Forty Years On - Some personal recollections of St. Ronan's as seen through the eyes of former pupils" (1998) 1951-2021 (D8377)
- Sudbury Womens Institute: records of Monthly Meetings, minutes, annual reports, financial statements, budgets, suspension paperwork, list of Presidents, correspondence 1918-2021 (D8379)
- Soroptimist International, Derby club: minutes (1953-2020), project files (1990-2007), membership (1996-2014), development plans (1994-2011), visitors Book (1958-2007), Diamond Jubilee memorabilia 1997 1950-2020 (D8389)
- Seals Womens Institute: minutes 1946-2018 (D8395)
- Matlock Womens Institute: minutes, annual reports, newsletters 1984-2019 (D8396)
- Wheldrake Womens Institute: records 1925-2000 (WWI)
- Dr Jean Lawrie Hamilton (fl1918), anaesthetist, Scottish Women's Hospital: photograph albums of staff of Scottish Women's Hospital at Royaumont 1918 (TD2136)
- Ruth C Henderson (b1924), Fire Warden, Glasgow: diaries, papers and photos c1935-1960 (TD2139)
- Ross-shire Federation of Scottish Women's Rural Institutes: records incl of branch institutes Garve and Lochluichart, Kilmorack, Beauly, Culbokie, Culrain and Invershin, comprising minutes, accounts, secretary's reports, newspaper cuttings, scrapbooks, ephemera c1927-2020 (D1697)
- Sharon Players (formerly Dorothy Larkin Players), amateur theatrical group, Leicester: scrapbook incl photographs, programmes c1940-1969 (DE10240)
- Unnamed group of "ex-military girls": digital slideshow commemorating servicemen and women from North West Leicestershire marking the centenary of the end of the First World War 2018 (DE10185)
- Leicester City Education Department: illuminated testimonial on the retirement of Miss M A Smith after forty-six years service from pupil-teachership candidate in 1880 to Headmistress of the Christow Street Girls' School 1926 (DE10280)
- Royce Institute, religious and educational centre, Leicester: records incl attendance registers, photographs, cash books, scrapbooks and biography and photographs of it's founder Dr Mary Royce (1846-1892) c1870-2017 (DE10197)
- Winifred May Hobday (fl1960-2006), secretary, Leicestershire Lieutenancy and Leicestershire County Council: papers incl Leicestershire County Council handbooks, photographs, ephemera relating to civic occasions c1960-2006 (DE10222)
- Rt Hon Dame Margaret Mary Beckett (nee Jackson), (b1943), Labour MP: large photographs (7) of her interacting with potential constituents in Lincoln for the second General Election in Oct 1974 1974 (MISC DON 2112)
- Daisy Pym, (fl1900-1925), diarist, Lincolnshire: journal c1900-1925 (MISC DON 2115)
- Margaret (Peggy) Brewster, (fl1946-1963), midwife: registers and photos 1946-1963 (N423)
- Elizabeth (Bessie) Henderson, (1887-1961), nurse: journals incl transcripts, copies of letters sent, photographs, newscuttings c1915-1999 (Acc 10073)
- Ellen Sparkes (fl20th cent), diarist, Clifton, Nottingham: memoirs entitled 'My Life and Times' and envelope addressed to Mrs E Sparkes c1900-1999 (Acc 9994)
- 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)
- Copy photograph of the Womens' Land Army after fruit picking and composite photograph celebrating the role of women during the war (Inspire Picture Archive) 2020 (Acc 9829)
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust: negatives and contact prints of buildings and people working within the Trust 20th cent (Acc 10025)
- Ruth Isabella Johns, (b1934), writer, social campaigner and creator of "Ruth's Archive": correspondence and papers, documents relating to Plowright Press 20th-21st cent (Acc 9980)
- Pauline Buttery, (dc2019), orchard enthusiast: photographs with accompanying notes, articles and news cuttings of orchard plantings in and around Southwell c2008-2010 (DD/2812)
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: Mapperley Hospital female admissions (1880-1883); Nottingham No. 3 (later Trent Vale) Hospital Management Committee file rel to sound & TV installations (c1956-1975); draft copy of Nottingham Health Authority's 'Partnership for Health - a strategy for Health and Health Services in Nottingham, 1997-2002 1880-1997 (Acc 9995)
- Nancy Hepworth (fl1970-1989), teacher and photographer: photograph of pupils at either Kings Mill or Harlow Wood Hospital Schools taken c1970-1989 (Inspire Picture Archive) 2020 (Acc 9867)
- Teddington resident: article on Sylva Boyden, a pioneer of women's parachuting 2019 (AD180)
- Anston Women's Institute: records incl minute books of committee meetings and record books of the meetings of members 1948-2018 (1139-G)
- Madge Rotheram (1913-2008), nurse and midwife from Rotherham: papers incl register of cases and reports during her time as a trainee midwife at Alma Road Hospital, nursing and midwifery certificates, corresp rel to career as a nurse and midwife and photographs rel to personal and professional life 1914-2008 (1166-F)
- Houghton Main and Sheffield Women Against Pit Closures (SWAPC): photographs, camp visitor book, corresp, flyers, posters and badges 1979-2018 (X987)
- Sheffield Feminist Network Archive Project Group: oral history interviews with female activists 2017-2021 (X771)
- Sheffield-based promoter 'Daisy Daisy Does' and the collectives 'Lola and the Cartwheels' and 'LaDIYfest Sheffield': feminist and queer activism and gig promotional material incl posters, zines, flyers and badges c2000-2016 (X968)
- Brendan Ingle (1940-2018) and Alma Ingle (1939-2021), of Sheffield: family records and memorabilia mainly rel to boxing training and promotional activities of Brendan Ingle and his wife Alma Ingle in her capacity as the first female boxing judge, promoter and the first female elected to the British Boxing Board of Control 20th-21st cent (X964)
- Row Fogo family of Row House, Dunblane: personal corresp of Miss Fogo of Row 1777-1804 (A2028)
- Images of women's rugby teams in the Wigan area, scanned from collection loaned and returned to donor nd (Acc. 2021/42)
National
- Eugene St John Birnie (1900-1976), Colonel, OBE: handwritten diaries (3) covering his service in the Middle East, North Africa and India 1939-1948 (2021-06-16)
- Mary Elma Anstruther (née Hovell-Thurlow, then Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, wife of Arthur Wellesley, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries) (fl1871-1894): illustrated diary 1889-1890 (Acc.14228)
- Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish-Bentinck Morrell (1873-1938), hostess and literary patron: letters to Margaret M Morrison ("March Cost") 1936 (Acc.14238)
Special
- Verena Holmes (1889-1964), mechanical engineer and former president of the Women's Engineering Society (WES): journals (15) and correspondence 1922-1959 (2021-07)
University
- University of Edinburgh Women's Club: captures by the UK Web Archive of the University of Edinburgh Women's Club's website, incl schedules of events, news of subgroups, history of the Club c2000-2021 (EUA GD6/1; SC-Acc-2021-0001)
- Sue Townsend (1946-2014), author: signed hardback copy of 'The Adrian Mole Diaries' (Methuen) inscribed: 'My first signing of the double volume, November 1st 1985, Sue Townsend' 1985 (ACC 2021/23)
- Irene Joan Thirsk (1922-2013), economic and social historian: corresp with Liz Griffiths (c1980-2013) and Malcolm Thick (c1990-2007) 1990-2007 (ACC 2021/14 & ACC 2021/18)
- Heather Anita Couper (1949-2020), astronomer, writer and broadcaster: papers, videos and cassette tapes relating to her research and broadcasting careers 1949-2020 (ACC 2021/24)
- Caroline Mary Wessel (b1942), teacher, author: limericks written during the Coronavirus pandemic [digital] 2020-2021 (ACC 2021/1 (D))
- Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (1858-1944), composer and Suffragist: letters rel to her biography by Christabel Gertrude Marshall and some autographed items 1940s-1950s (SC/11)
- Annotated copies of 'Not I, But The Wind' by Frieda Lawrence (1935) and 'The Collected Letters of DH Lawrence' (1962) owned by Louie Burrows 1935-1962
- Feminist Archive East Midlands: papers incl correspondence, conference proceedings, posters, newsletters and magazines rel to individuals, organisations and campaigns involved in the women's movement in Nottingham and the East Midlands c1970-1989 (FME)
- John Massey Stewart, (b1933), writer, lecturer, photographer and environmental activist: digital scan of his mother's, (Margaret Massey Stewart) memories of Dr Felix Oswald (geologist, archaeologist and Honorary Reader of History of Roman Britain at the University of Nottingham) 2021 (MS 854/6/13)
- Freda Holliday (d2020), one of the first graduates of University of Nottingham's School of Sociology: photograph album and other items 1944-1947 (NUP/57)
- Carolyn Ann Converse-Cooper (fl1960-2010), scientist: corresp and notes rel to Jessie Lippert, nee Duncan (1935-1991), Assistant Lecturer at the Royal College of Science and Technology and Lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Strathclyde 1984-2021 (Acc 1811)
- Rebekah Russell (fl1960-1990), student at University of Strathclyde: oral history project on deindustrialisation in Springburn, Glasgow, and its impact on women's lives 1960-1990 (SOHC/45)
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