Introduction
The PHYLLIS NICKLIN ARCHIVE has been created to celebrate the life and work of Phyllis Nicklin. This thread documents her legacy. Thank you to all BHF members who contributed information to this archive.
Phyllis Nicklin's legacy
The vast collection of some 1,500 35mm slides taken by Phyllis Nicklin were, on her death, donated to the University of Birmingham by her brother Harold C Nicklin. The slides contain images of the city centre and a selection of districts and suburbs. Using her foresight and expertise, Phyllis created a valuable photographic record of the buildings of Birmingham, it's urban topography and street scenes during the 1950's and 1960's. For many years after her death the images remained locked in a university cupboard but, following their discovery by David Oram (creator of the Brumpic website), some 500 of these have now been digitised and publicised for us to enjoy.
Projects
To date there have been two digitisation projects.
The Chrysalis Project
A selection of 446 slides from her collection were digitised by the "Chrysalis" digitisation project of the West Midlands Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. This set is viewable here :
https://epapers.bham.ac.uk/chrysalis.html
"NicklinUnseen" Project
More recently an additional 60 slides were reproduced in the Birmingham Post Supplement entitled "NicklinUnseen" (April 2015). At the same time these were also made available on the Brumpic Interactive table in the Birmingham History Gallery of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. This collection can be viewed here:
https://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/creative/nicklin-unseen-brumpic-founder-unearths-8964211
Exhibition
An exhibition of Phyllis Nicklin's work is planned for Autumn 2015.
All photographs by Phyllis Nicklin.
The PHYLLIS NICKLIN ARCHIVE has been created to celebrate the life and work of Phyllis Nicklin. This thread documents her legacy. Thank you to all BHF members who contributed information to this archive.
Phyllis Nicklin's legacy
The vast collection of some 1,500 35mm slides taken by Phyllis Nicklin were, on her death, donated to the University of Birmingham by her brother Harold C Nicklin. The slides contain images of the city centre and a selection of districts and suburbs. Using her foresight and expertise, Phyllis created a valuable photographic record of the buildings of Birmingham, it's urban topography and street scenes during the 1950's and 1960's. For many years after her death the images remained locked in a university cupboard but, following their discovery by David Oram (creator of the Brumpic website), some 500 of these have now been digitised and publicised for us to enjoy.
Projects
To date there have been two digitisation projects.
The Chrysalis Project
A selection of 446 slides from her collection were digitised by the "Chrysalis" digitisation project of the West Midlands Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. This set is viewable here :
https://epapers.bham.ac.uk/chrysalis.html
"NicklinUnseen" Project
More recently an additional 60 slides were reproduced in the Birmingham Post Supplement entitled "NicklinUnseen" (April 2015). At the same time these were also made available on the Brumpic Interactive table in the Birmingham History Gallery of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. This collection can be viewed here:
https://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/creative/nicklin-unseen-brumpic-founder-unearths-8964211
Exhibition
An exhibition of Phyllis Nicklin's work is planned for Autumn 2015.
All photographs by Phyllis Nicklin.
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