Major accessions to repositories in 2022 relating to Disability

Local

Bristol Archives

• Bristol Disability Equality Forum: civil rights (Disabled Persons) bill papers; Dial-a-ride papers; press cuttings, leaflets; local and national publications; VHS tapes and training material 1990s-2000s (46734)

Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)

• Linda Laurie Associates: Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People additional records incl newsletters, reports and other printed material produced by various disabled people's organisations 1986-2019 (GB124.GMCDP)
• Lorraine Susan Gradwell, (1953-2017), disability rights campaigner and sports person: objects rel to disabled people's political campaigns and medals from disabled people's sports events 1970-2007 (2022/23)

Special Collections, The Mitchell Library

• John Alston (1778-1846), director of the Glasgow Asylum for the Blind: Braille books, primarily published by John Alston of the Glasgow Asylum for the Blind with material published by other prominent Braille publishers such as William Moon (1818�1894) of Sussex, who invented a system incorporating a mixture of embossed symbols and letters and James Gall (1808-1895) of Edinburgh 1818-1887 (59040 et al)

National

Historic Environment Scotland (formerly RCAHMS)

• Donaldson's School for the Deaf, Edinburgh and Linlithgow: oral histories rel to Donaldson's School for the Deaf, Edinburgh and Linlithgow, compiled by Ruth Donaldson 1940-2000 (2022/28)

Special

Wellcome Collection

• Thomas Wright (c1654-?), individual: ms 'A Call to Repentance or a Warning before Judgement', first-hand account of disability in early modern England. Recounting an unprovoked attack that left him disabled, he issues a 'Warning before Judgement' to those who have done injury to him c1716 (MS.9318; Acc 2661)

University

Trinity College Dublin

• Christopher Nolan (1965-2009), Irish poet and author: literary archives c1980-2009 (IE TCD MS 11678)

University of Bristol: Theatre Collection

• Theatre of the Deaf: incl records rel to the Royal National Institute of the Deaf Mime Group, The British Theatre of the Deaf and Vision On 1960-1980 (BTC309)
• Stagetext, theatre captioning charity: archive of the charity which provides captioning and live subtitling services to theatres and other arts venues to make their activities accessible to people who are d/Deaf, deafened, or hard of hearing 1996-2021 (BTC295)