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Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to COVID-19 and epidemics

Local

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives: Town House Branch

  • John Robinson, Resident of Aberdeen: personal COVID-19 diary 2020-2022 (DD3289)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven

  • Alan Cleaver, (fl 2023), author: individual diary entry "The day Covid came to an end" 2023 (DX 2441)

Glamorgan Archives

  • Rosemary Chaloner (fl2019-2020), of Cardiff: ''Wales Closed - Go Home': 200 Days in 2020'; photographs taken during Covid lockdowns 2019-2020 (D1916)

Glasgow City Archives

  • Sheila Waddell, journalist and teacher, Glasgow: Covid-19 diaries 2020-2023 (TD2160)
  • St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow: transcripts of interviews and photographs relating to the experience of Covid-19 2021-2022 (TD2160)

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for

  • Central Television: interview with Professor Ivan Browne, Leicester City Council Director of Public Health, relating to his experience guiding Leicester through the Covid-19 Pandemic 2023 (DE10645)

Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives (Caithness Archives)

  • Daniel Parsons: diary kept during the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-2023 (P1028)

Sheffield City Archives

  • Sheffield Stories from the Pandemic project: video recordings, postcards, prints and photo books 2022-2023 (X1078)

Tyne and Wear Archives

  • Lockdown & Me, an interactive website with short films relating to Covid-19 lockdown 2022 (6070)

West Sussex Record Office

  • Hassocks and Keymer Covid-19 Volunteer Group: Together We Stand: 2020 The Year of the Rainbow in the Window 2020 (20587)
  • Pauline Latter, of West Sussex: Covid-19 diary 2023 (20513)

National

Jersey Archive

  • Jersey Archive: Covid Oral History Project recordings 2023 (JA/4052)
  • Jersey COVID Testing Team: oral history recordings of interviews of the staff, and papers mainly rel to the drive-through testing facilities which operated at Jersey Airport and St Helier Harbour, incl photographs of staff , thank-you cards, staff induction sheets, papers rel to procedures, generic risk assessments and notes from 'safety huddles' 2021-2023 (JA/4020, JA/4021)

Special

Royal College of Physicians of London

  • Royal College of Physicians: records of healthcare workers' experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic, incl survey responses, oral history recordings, photos and ephemera 2020-2022 (RCP-COVID)

St George's Chapel Archives and Chapter Library

  • Charlotte Manley, Chapter Clerk, College of St George, Windsor Castle: papers collected by the Chapter Clerk about the administration of St George's Chapel throughout 2020 and 2021, including the periods of national lockdown in the UK, St George's Chapel being closed to the public and many staff being on furlough 2020-2021 (CL 1740)

University

Swansea University: Richard Burton Archives

  • Dr Michael Ward (fl2015-2013), Senior Lecturer in Social Science, Swansea University: CoronaDiaries project incl first-hand submissions (c1000) - ranging from handwritten notebooks, diaries and dream logs to videos, social media posts, Tik Toks, music playlists and even a cross-stitch sampler - chronicling the first 24 months of the pandemic 2020-2023 (2023/14)