| |
 
|
| |
Major accessions to repositories in 2022 relating to Black and Minority Ethnic History |
Local
- City of Edinburgh Council: Voices: The Community Story: oral history interviews focusing on the theme of migration into Edinburgh 2022 (1300)
- An Viet Foundation, hub to support Vietnamese settlement in London: a significant archival collection rel to the British-Vietnamese experience, incl documents, photographs, press cuttings, audio cassettes and VHS cassettes; also some physical objects such as ornaments, signs, musical instruments, awards and trophies 1979-2018 (2022/34)
- Frank Cousins (b1940), actor: Light and Dark Theatre Company records 1970-1979 (IV/354)
- Brixton Splash, festival: photographs, film, cuttings and ephemera 2006-2010 (ARC/2022/20)
- Colour of Love Oral History Project, Nottinghamshire: oral history transcripts relating to Nottinghamshire mixed race history (c1940-1979)
[RESTRICTED ACCESS] 2022 (10236)
- Latin American Women's Rights Service: photos, zines and flyers from LAWRS respective projects: WARMI, Sin Fronteras and Outreach programme; images were taken and flyers created by project coordinators and participants 2016-2019 (2022/16)
- Carl Campbell Dance Company 7, Caribbean dance theatre company, London: publicity materials incl flyers, posters and newsletters; annual reports 1975-2018 (2022/19)
- Southwark Archives: records of the 'ONE Picture My Story' oral history and pictorial project, which collected stories, reminiscences, thoughts and pictures from Southwark’s Black heritage communities, incl recordings, project booklet, transcripts, and exhibition booklet for 'Southwark Today' exhibition 2021-2022 (2022/32)
- Millwall’s Changing Communities: oral history project conducted over two years in a Lottery-funded initiative led by Bede House, to uncover the history of black, Asian, and minority ethnic fans of Millwall Football Club 2017-2018 (2022/48)
- Harrington (Harry) Delisle Cumberbatch (b1943), MBE; and Tower Hamlets African Caribbean Mental Health Organisation: minutes, corresp and printed material; incl archives of Afro-Caribbean Advisory Group to MIND in Tower Hamlets; African-Caribbean Outreach and Development Project; Tower Hamlets Mental Health Users Development Project c1993-2021 (TH/10149)
- Nooruddin Ahmed (fl1970-2019), of Tower Hamlets: newsletters and other printed material rel to Bangladeshi community organisations 1979-2019 (TH/10184)
- Progressive Youth Organisation, youth agency, Whitechapel: reports, event and meeting papers rel to issues affecting young people at grass roots level; mainly kept by Akkas Miah (later known as Mayar Akash) 1992-2005 (S/PYO)
National
- Meera Syal (b1961), comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress: archive 2016 (Add MS 89492)
- Beryl Agatha Gilroy (1924-2001), Guyanese educator, novelist, ethno-psychotherapist, and poet: archive 20th cent (Add MS 89476)
- Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (b1958), writer and poet: 'What Stephen Lawrence Has Taught Us' 2016 (Add MS 89636)
- Howard Grey (fl1962), photographer: photographic prints (37) of images showing West Indian migrants arriving at London’s Waterloo station in May 1962 on the boat train from Southampton to Waterloo. The light conditions had meant that the original negatives had not developed properly but were recovered 50 years later using digital technology 1962 (2022-21)
Special
- Nasreen Saddique (b1967) activist and teacher: diary, press cuttings, corresp with MPs, Hansard documents, photographs and police reports regarding the racist abuse her family were subjected to when they moved to East London 1982-1988 (SADDIQUE)
- Monique Jackson (fl2011-2021), artist: digital records rel to the creation of Still Ill Corona Diary and activities rel to her collaborations, commissions and Long Covid advocacy work 2020-2021 (PP/COR; Acc 2677)
University
- Rita Keegan (b1949) artist, lecturer and archivist: books and papers 20th-21st cent (WAL/13)
|
|
| |
|
|
|
