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

New additions to the Digital Library - October 2020

After being bogged down by less glamorous duties for a few weeks, we are glad to announce that we have had some time to digitise more materials. Please see another 71 publications below.

As always many thanks to everyone who donated materials to the Nest, so that we can make them available to interested audiences.

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

Document of the Month – August 2020

This month we are not just putting one, but three documents in the spotlight. These are from our latest Digital Library update. They did not look that exciting at first, but then we realised that these Journals were published in Kobe in 1975, reporting on events in Japan, Hong Kong, Korea and elsewhere. We do not know whether there ever was a fourth issue, but in any case it is nice to have these three issues of Libero international.

Read more: Document of the Month – August 2020

New additions to the Digital Library - August 2020

Please see below for yet another 151 additions to the Digital Library. We have now worked through an enormous collection which also entailed a lot of local Trade Union stuff, so expect to see less of that moving forward. We shall see what surprises the next few boxes hold!

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

Document of the Month – July 2020

This month we came across the Freedom Press publication Ill-Health, Poverty & the State, half pamphlet, half paperback from 1946, writing on healthcare during the post war, but pre NHS period. Digitising this was a bit of an agonising decision and technically more challenging than most documents, we posted some notes about the process on on our Instagram account.

Read more: Document of the Month – July 2020

New additions to the Digital Library - June-July 2020

Apologies for the delayed upload. We were rather busy and much of that work was a lot of unavoidable sorting and cataloguing so scanning materials had to take a bit of a backseat. But there you go, pamphlets, pamphlets and pamphlets, as well as a bunch of newspapers. Dive in!

Read more: New additions to the Digital Library - June-July 2020

  1. The Sparrows' Nest Digital Library at The Internet Archive
  2. Document of the Month – May 2020
  3. New additions to the Digital Library - May 2020
  4. Spotlight on: The Struggle Against The Poll Tax

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Digital Library Spotlights

  • Anarchy Journals
  • Anti-Poll Tax
  • Local Alternative Press
  • Local LGBTQ+
  • Virus & Organise

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We remain at present closed to visitors until further notice.

Please note that you can access the Digital Library and use our Online Catalogue as normal and you can continue to contact us with enquiries about our collections and research requests.

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

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