The Sparrows' Nest Library and Archive
Holding tens of thousands of books, journals, pamphlets, zines, leaflets, posters and other archival materials, we focus on the history of anarchist groups and individuals in the UK and beyond, as well as on the history of other social movements, protests and radicalism in Nottingham & Notts and the wider regions of East Midlands & South Yorkshire. Browse our online catalogue, download digital copies and come and visit us!
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Welcome to The Sparrows' Nest, Nottingham

Document of the Month – May 2020

With another list of newly added materials and our new Spotlight on: The Struggle Against The Poll Tax, we were once again spoiled for choice which document to single out this month, with tons of cool posters, leaflets and newspapers to pick from.

Read more: Document of the Month – May 2020

New additions to the Digital Library - May 2020

This month we have added a lot of anti-Poll Tax materials to the Digital Library, as well as the usual assortment of bits and bobs found at the bottom of boxes.

Read more: New additions to the Digital Library - May 2020

Spotlight on: The Struggle Against The Poll Tax

This time we want to put the spotlight on records documenting the campaigns against the Poll Tax in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

 

Read more: Spotlight on: The Struggle Against The Poll Tax

Please help us archive the Covid-19 Crisis

Given how puzzling as it is to live through these times (to put it mildly), future historians and other researchers (zooming about in their jetpacks and flying cars) will surely also be puzzled when they look back at them. Please help us to help them finding more than just records of government announcements and newspaper headlines. So if you come across interesting materials, be it neighbourhood leaflets, signs in windows, art displays etc., please feel free to take a photograph and email it to us, ideally with a bit of information (where, when, etc.)! And remember that very often the mundane is super interesting a few decades or centuries down the line.

Thank you very much.

Please stay safe and support each other - from a safe distance!

Document of the Month – April 2020

Our document of the month this is time is Blot #02, a publication by the National Union of School Students (late 1970s). Apparently described by school heads as a publication ‘which many parents and pupils have found extremely offensive and objectionable’, it addressed issues like bullying, abortion, life as an LGBTQ+ pupil, and anti-fascist action.

  1. New additions to the Digital Library - April 2020
  2. Document of the Month – March 2020
  3. New additions to the Digital Library - March 2020
  4. Out House Papers

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Opening Times

Due to the COVID-19 crisis we are closed until further notice.

We will let you know when we are able to resume our normal opening hours (every Wednesday 11am-2pm & by appointment).

Please note that you can access the Digital Library and use our Online Catalogue as normal.

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We very much appreciate your donations of archival material and towards our running costs to help maintain the library and archive.

Please see our contact/donations page for further information. Many thanks!

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