Staff Recommends: Photographic Collections

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Description:This is an additional miscellaneous resource list of materials contained in Birmingham Central Library’s photographic archive collections. These items were displayed at an event during research workshop seminars held by the 'Birmingham Stories' project in 2009. These references should be used in conjunction with the resources in the learning guide on ‘Visualising Birmingham’


Additional Photographic Collections

'People Like Us' [collection]
(Images of The Irish Community)

'The Chinese in Birmingham'[collection]
Terry Lo, MS 25 12

'Work' [collection]
David Moore, MS 2232

'Windmill Estate' [collection]
By James O Davies MS 2270

'World in Wolverhampton' [Collection]
By Vanley Burke/ work prints [MS 2192]

'Handsworth Through Southern Eyes' [Collection]
George Hallet, Work Prints [MS2449/A/1/ 1 to 49]

'The Bull Ring' [Collection]
Luke Unsworth, [MS 2323]

'Imagining The City' [Collection]
Roy Peters, [MS 2214]

'Urban landscapes' [Collection]
Nick Hedges, [MS2399]

'Women Workers'[collection]
Press 7 . Images include late 19th century/early 20th century images
of working class women in Birmigham
(including some from different cultural backgrounds).

‘Portraits’ [collection on Birmingham’s International Black History]
Kevin Small, [Press 16]



Further Miscellaneous Photographic Images, Albums, documents etc.

‘Carte De Visite’
Miscellaneous Photographs taken in Birmingham c 1900’s[press 10]

‘Photographic Album 27 Mauritius. 1874’
By Sir Benjamin Stone

‘Album 41 Birmingham and Miscellaneous. 1873-1901.’
By Sir Benjamin Stone Collection

‘Vol 1. Diary of South Africa and British Central Africa’
By Helen Caddick Vol . 1898 [MS908]

Images by ‘Matt Murray,’ Photographer

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Copyright information: Copyrights to all resources are retained by the individual rights holders. They have kindly made their collections available for non-commercial private study & educational use. Re-distribution of resources in any form is only permitted subject to strict adherence to the usage guidelines.