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Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to Environment |
Business
- Christopher Baglee and Andrew Morley (d.2021), collectors and leading authorities on enamel signs; founders of the Street Jewellery Society; The Street Jewellery Archive: image library, corresp; Street Jewellery Society records; artwork and mock-up designs; book manuscripts, drafts and author proofs; published material and articles 1973-2023 (HAT21/605)
Local
- Stella Maris Treharne Turk and Helford Voluntary Marine Conservation Area: documents and newsletters 20th-21st cent (AD2984)
- Stella Maris Treharne Turk; Helford Voluntary Marine Conservation Area and others: papers and records, incl material rel to Helford VMCA, Workers Education Association, Gorseth, Red River Valley Crem, CWT, Camborne and Redruth Natural History Society, W.J. Burley, RIC. William Borlase, Syllabus cards and leaflets from various organisations in Cornwall. 20th-21st cent (AD2984)
- Stella Maris Turk (1925-2017), zoologist, naturalist, and conservationist: correspondence with over one hundred conchologists. Also incl material rel to other non-specialist correspondents, obituaries and biographical notes 20th-21st cent (AD2698)
- Moor to Sea project: oral history project, incl interviews, summaries and photos rel to relationships people have with the cultural landscape of the Looe Valley, incl Liskeard and Looe 2022-2023 (AD3255)
- Alexander and Wilson families, Lorton: wills and probate papers, field book for Birkbank Farm, Gilbrea estate particulars, history and plans 1787-1933 (YDX 710)
- John Wilson, (fl1871-1904), of Fairfield, Lorton: farming diaries and copy photographs of John Wilson and his wife Mary Alexander 1871-1904 (YDX 398)
- John Wilson, (fl 1905-1912), of Fairfield, Lorton: farming diaries 1905-1912 (YDX 398)
- Professor Emeritus Michael Davey, (fl 1977), lecturer: photograph album of the workings of Honister Slate Mine 1977 (PH/1685)
- Raymond Clements, (fl 1980-1990), mine surveyor: maps and plans rel to Beckermet Mine and other West Cumberland mines 1900-1976 (YDX 775)
- Robert Lumb and John Norman of Kirkandrews, (fl 1808), enclosure commissioners: award for the division of Grinsdale Common, also incl a schedule of allotment holders giving names, acreages and abutments and map 1808 (DX 2619)
- Lewis Parkyn collection, records rel to Brownsea Island where Lewis Parkyn was a Voluntary Warden: minutes, annual and conservation reports; photographs, maps, sales particulars, corresp, theatre programmes and audio-visual material 1963-2022 (D-3351)
- Bumble Hole and Warrens Hall Local Nature Reserve Visitor Centre, Netherton: ephemeral records rel to a broad range of subjects connected to Netherton incl Netherton Oral History Project 19th-20th cent (C10281)
- Durham County Council: Environment & Design (Archaeology Section), Neighbourhoods & Climate Change records of archaeology service, including monuments recording survey nd (DCC/NCC)
- Monk Ward Committee: vol containing notes from meetings of the committee, who met to discuss issues rel to pasture land on the strays in Monk Ward, specifically in Heworth. The issues discussed in this book rel to land later covered by Enclosure Acts of 1817 and 1818 1766 (2023/009)
- Hereford Museum: maps and plans of Hereford City 1855-1958 (DJ22)
- Leominster Museum: Leominster deeds and maps 1636-2003 (DH76)
- James Pickering, (fl1969-1998), aerial photographer: aerial photographs of archaeological sites across the Midlands and Ordnance Survey maps annotated with the location of the crop marks 1960-1998 (DE10615)
- John Simon Newsam, (fl 1848), surveyor: plan of an estate in the Parish of South Otterington 1848 (M 132)
- Cheviot Defence Action Group: material incl digital copy of letter from Dr. Richardson, Joint Chair of the Group [c.1980]; page from Hansard, 16 Dec. 1981, rel to Government decision not to go further with Radioactive Waste (Disposal) research plans 2023 (NRO 12615)
- Plymouth Save the Trees of Armada Way Campaign Group (STRAW): digital copies downloaded from the group's website: incl flyers, posters, policy statements, photographs and newspaper articles rel to removal of trees in Armada Way in March 2023 by Plymouth City Council 2018-2023 (4514)
- Rev Joseph Hunter, (fl1828): 'South Yorkshire (vol 1): The History of and Topography of the Deanery of Doncaster' (marginalia seemingly in Rev. Hunter's hand) 1828 (X1065)
- Parish of Trysull with Seisdon: Trysull and Seisdon tithe map and award 1850 (D7955)
- Isaac Johnson (1754-1835), surveyor and artist: map of an estate, formerly Wades, in Bredfield, Suffolk belonging to the Reverend John Clarke (1797) and a plan of an estate in Woodbridge 1795 1795-1797 (HD4337)
- The Township of Heaton: plan with the alterations up to 1839 by Lister and Ingle c1839 (WYB850)
- Circles Effects Research Group: Crop Circles research papers incl corresp, notes, publications and audio-visual recordings 1987-1994 (4602)
- Wirral Council: plans of Birkenhead Park and Warren Farm late 20th cent (2552)
National
- Trees for Life Jersey, environmental charity: records and photographs c1937-2010 (JA/4042)
University
- Making Climate History, research project: oral history interview recordings, transcripts and associated material 2021
- Richard Hawksworth, (fl1629-1684), landowner: deeds rel to the Hawksworth lands in Yorkshire 1629-1684 (YAS/MD494)
- University of Leicester: records incl financial statements, annual reports, photographs, publications, ephemera; oral history interview with Sir David Attenborough; King Richard III discovery records 1921-2023 (Acc 2023)
- Women's Environmental Network, pressure group, London: newsletters, publicity, campaign papers, photographs and background material 1988-2016 (5WEN)
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