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The Iron Room, Birmingham Libraries. Recent titles for 2019.

“In the last 12 months, we have continued to add a range of recently published titles to the Birmingham Collection, the Black History Collection and Serials. All these titles are available to view in the Heritage Research Area. We hope you enjoy the selection!”

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New Year, new additions

In the last 12 months, we have continued to add a range of recently published titles to the Birmingham Collection, the Black History Collection and Serials. All these titles are available to view i…
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Pedrocut said:
Historic Birmingham patents...
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Historic Birmingham Patents

Patents can appear to be very dry and technical documents with their use of esoteric terminology and geometric diagrams which wouldn’t seem out of place in a draftsman’s handbook. Due to their spec…
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A book was published some years ago illustrating and explaining all the patents taken out by Morris Commercial Cars Ltd.,
and I believe is still available from the publisher Lulu.com
I think this may be the only book ever published to deal exclusively with a company's patents.
PA739
 
The lastest article from the Birmingham Libraries Iron Room, following the trail of the Slave Trade
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Following the trail of the Slave Trade

In the Spring, the professional archive sector reacted to the pandemic by encouraging the nation to document their own experiences of COVID-19. One of the suggestions was to archive web pages conta…
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Birmingham Library article on old writing, Palaeography
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New Skills for Lockdown

2020 has been a strange old year, filled with new challenges, new vocabularies and a completely new normal. We have all had to adapt to the ever-changing rules and regulations, however back in Marc…
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The Lost Arm of William James (Canals)...
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The lost arm of William James

Whilst trying to compile a short biography of Caroline Colmore (1766-1837), heiress of the Colmore estates in Birmingham, I searched Google Advanced Book Search for results with the exact phrase ‘M…
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The Iron Room, Birmingham Libraries latest articles Roll Up, Roll Up! Birmingham 19th Century Circus Play Bills...

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Roll Up, Roll Up! Birmingham 19th Century Circus Play Bills

Fig 1. Macarte’s Circus playbill, woodcut illustration, detail. A collection of bills and posters issued by the various circuses, minor theatres etc. in Birmingham. 1800 – 1874 [Ref. LFF26.1/57520]…
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For March 8th International Women's Day, the Birmingham Libraries Iron Room has posted an article about Birmingham and the Ladies Society for Relief of Negro Slaves.

The society had a strong presence in Birmingham, and the society's minute book has been transcribed.

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Birmingham’s First Ladies of the Abolition Movement

During the recent lockdown working from home, I have completed a transcript of a minute book from one of our collections to make it more easily accessible to researchers while preventing further de…
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Latest from the Iron Room.

A historic walk through Sutton Park.
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A historic walk through Sutton Park

A highlight of Sutton Coldfield for me is Sutton Park. Although I’ve regularly walked through the park since I moved to Sutton Coldfield 3 years ago, the park has become more important to me …
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May 12 is International Nurses Day and this article from the Birmingham Libraries Iron Room “Nightingale Nurses in Birmingham” features two nurses with associations to Birmingham. Mary Cadbury and Anne Campbell Gibson. This year the day will focus on change and innovation in nursing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nurses are worth much more than 1% rise !
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Nightingale Nurses in Birmingham

This Wednesday, it’s International Nurses Day. Each year, on 12th May, the contribution and dedication of nurses to the healthcare of millions of people is celebrated across the world. This year, I…
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How to: School Records...​

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How to: School Records

School records are a valuable resource for family historians, for studying the history of education, and for more personal purposes such as proof of education or residency. Cookery class in an unid…
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Latest from Birmingham Libraries Iron Room an article on…Using Archives for Teaching History…
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Using Archives for Teaching History

Earlier this year we were delighted to be able to facilitate a Pedagogy workshop with Helen Elliot, Teaching Fellow and PGCE/PGDE Secondary History Subject Tutor at Birmingham City University and M…
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There is a link to Birmingham Stories – Research Guides…
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Birmingham Stories – Research Guides

Migration Stories: The Making of Modern Birmingham “The nation is not homogeneous but is, and always has been, plural, fragmented and differentiated” Birmingham has been called both a ‘workshop of …
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For example on Birmingham’s connection with Slavery…
 

Hospital Records for Family History.​


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Hospital Records for Family History

Interior of Ward 11 (Women’s Surgical Ward) showing nurses and patients, old General Hospital, 1890s, photographed by Howard J. Collins, House Governor of new General Hospital, Steelhouse Lan…
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Tolkien in the Archives.​


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Tolkien in the Archives

It’s now twenty years since The Lord of The Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring was released. Hard to believe, I know – I vividly remember the publicity surrounding the launch of the first in …
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Pedrocut said:
Fashion Backwards; retrospective dating of archival photographs based upon fashion history.

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Fashion Backwards; retrospective dating of archival photographs based upon fashion history

Understanding and looking for clues as to the date of undated archival materials can be tough, however, in the case of the Dyche photographic collection, of which I am fully immersed in cataloguing…
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These are my step-fathers photographic collection (Ernest Dyche) which I gave to Birmingham Libraries in 1990.
 
Pedrocut said:
The Iron Room, Birmingham Libraries has an article on Eddystone Radio (Stratton and Co.)

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Eddystone Radio

The story of the Birmingham company “Eddystone Radio” began in the year 1860, when Mr Stephen Jarrett and Mr Charles Rainsford entered into business together in the Islington area of Bi…
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Pedro, a great story of perseverance!
 
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