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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.
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
The Sparrows' Nest Digital Library at The Internet Archive
Thanks to the amazing work of a volunteer, the majority of our Digital Collections can now be accessed through the Internet Archive.
Read more: The Sparrows' Nest Digital Library at The Internet Archive
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.
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.
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