Case studies

How a changing team managed collecting from the 2001 Foot and Mouth crisis over a long period

How the team supported the community to preserve memorial items following the fatal crash at the 2015 Shoreham Airshow

How the team took a family-first approach and provided emotional support for volunteers in forming the Manchester Together Archive after the 2017 Manchester Arena attack

How the Archives and Special Collections team called for contributors to record the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-2022

How staff in Special Collections built relationships with students to document protests on campus in 2024