We welcome back Library and Digital Assistant Heather Edwards for a sequel to a recent article looking at LGBT+ pioneers in the medical field….Look out for part 3 coming later this week as well. Way back in LGBT+ History Month, after looking at Dr Sophia Jex-Blake (first practicing female doctor in Scotland and a pioneer…
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Great War Territorial Volunteer – Eric Stowell
We welcome Library and Digital Assistant Becky Bavill back to the Secret Library Leeds this week, for another short biography of a Leeds soldier in World War I. Keep a look out for one more article in this series coming soon… Eric Stowell is mentioned in the diary of William Smith. I found two links…
2LS calling: When the Wireless Came to Leeds
This week we hear from Tony Scaife, regular guest author on the Secret Library Leeds, who explores the anniversary of a little-known but hugely important moment in the history of technology, media and broadcasting in Leeds… Monday July 8, 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of public wireless (radio) broadcasting in Leeds. The Local and Family…
Leeds veterans of the American Civil War (Part 2)
This week we welcome back Library and Digital Assistant Joey Talbot for the second part of his illuminating account of American Civil War veterans buried in Leeds… In the previous post, I told of how I was put onto the trail of Leeds veterans of the American Civil War after an email from Andrew Hopkinson…
Great War Territorial Volunteer – Percy Longfield
We welcome Library and Digital Assistant Becky Bavill this week on the Secret Library Leeds, who follows up her superb three-part investigation of a First World War diary with a short biography of another Leeds soldier of the time. Keep a look out for two more articles in this series coming soon… Percy Longfield is…
Leeds veterans of the American Civil War (Part 1)
As part of Armed Forces Day month, Library and Digital Assistant Joey Talbot brings us the fascinating story of American Civil War veterans buried in Leeds… This is the first part of this article – you can find part two here Back in March, we received an email about gravestone inscriptions at Leeds General Cemetery…
A mysterious diary from the Great War (Part 3 of 3)
We welcome Library and Digital Assistant Becky Bavill back to the Secret Library this week, for a brilliantly-researched story to mark Armed Forces Day on June 29. This is the third and final part of a three part series that has run throughout June, alongside a full programme of Leeds Libraries events. You can find…
A mysterious diary from the Great War (Part 2 of 3)
We welcome Library and Digital Assistant Becky Bavill back to the Secret Library this week, for a brilliantly-researched story to mark Armed Forces Day on June 29. This is the second part of a three part series that will run throughout June, alongside a full programme of Leeds Libraries events. You can find all three…
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