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. Smith herself was educated at home, and in 1863 moved ...
Bournville Continuation School Cookery Notebook
In 1926, George Cadbury Jnr wrote that, 'As employers […] we only have a right to use the labour of young people if we make sufficient provision for their proper development […] the privilege of using ...
Elizabeth Cadbury (1858-1951)
Entry Submitted by Caroline Forman [Birmingham Archives and Heritage Department]
Elizabeth was the wife of George Cadbury, of Cadbury’s Chocolate, Bournville. She was brought up in a period of British ...
Faces and Places: Helen Newill
[Submitted by Angela Skitt, Birmingham Archive and Heritage]
Helen Newill's Positions:
Chair of The Association for the Rescue and Training of Young Women (Birmingham
District), 1906-1914
Head ...
Floor tiles from 'Longworth', Edgbaston
These floor tiles, from 24 Priory Road, were rescued from the home of John Thackray Bunce, editor of the Birmingham Daily Post from 1862 to 1898. His daughters Kate and Myra were students at the Birmingham ...
Jane Suffield
Submitted by Maggie Burns, Birmingham Archives and Heritage.
In the early nineteenth century education was a privilege. The parents of upper and middle class children would pay for their education. ...
Photograph of Dr Mary Sturge
This photograph accompanied a feature on Mary Sturge in Edgbastonia magazine. Mary Sturge was a pioneer of medical training for women, and also campaigned for women's suffrage. She was among the first ...
The 1st Southern General Military Hospital, Edgbaston
This postcard shows VAD nurses in the grounds of their accommodation at University House, Edgbaston, which had been the student women's hostel.
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, Aumonier, East, Donaldson, Thomas Baker, Wyllie, and ...