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)