Elizabeth Cadbury (1858-1951)

Entry Submitted by Caroline Forman [Birmingham Archives and Heritage Department] Elizabeth was the wife of George Cadbury, of Cadbury’s Chocola...

‘Opening of the Christian Kunzle Alpine Home for Children’, The Davos Courier

This article reports the arrival of 36 children from Birmingham Children’s Hospital at the Alpine Home for Children in Davos, Switzerland in 1932. ...

The Sitting Room, by Myra Bunce

‘Mr. Bunce is an intense lover of art and artists […] notable examples of Wainwright, of his old friend Henshaw, of H. Moore, Langley, J. Collier, ...

A Government School in Wadi Halfa

This photograph shows advanced scholars and teachers at a Government School in Wadi Halfa.

Admission Record for Joseph Pagett, Register of Norton Reformatory

In the first half of the 19th century statistical studies seemed to show that Britain was being engulfed by a growing population of hardened young ...

Amanda Smith

Amanda Smith came to Birmingham in 1879. Born into slavery in the United States, Amanda Smith's father bought his freedom and that of his family. S...

Ann Street School, Birmingham

Oil painting by Alfred H. Green (c.1822-?). Past schooling is brought vibrantly to life in this painting. We can see infants sewing, reading, li...

Application of Alice Cumbley, Institution for the Blind, Birmingham

Alice Cumbley was at Birmingham Institution for the Blind in the early 1900s. The Institution kept detailed records for each child from admission t...

Birmimgham's 'Negro Emancipation School'.

Image: The Negro Emancipation School (Subscribers List) This rare document shows how in 1838 many of the members of the Birmingham Antislavery S...

Birmingham Blue Coat School Boys

The Blue Coat School stood at the east end of St Philip’s churchyard. It was founded as a charity in 1723 to board and educate the children of the ...

Birmingham Blue Coat School Girls by Sir Benjamin Stone

The children were clothed in distinctive blue uniforms. The photographs are particularly important as the names of the children are included. These...

Birmingham People’s Kindergarten, Greet

Infant children are tidying the kindergarten room. ‘Home life’ was the basis of activities. Children were encouraged to help each other by doing do...