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Archives2
Textiles1

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Brotherton Collection1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
International Textile Collection1
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1

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letter writing1
letters1
romanies1

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Birmingham3
Colney Heath1
England1
Hertfordshire1
United Kingdom1

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Mason, Olive1
Novello, Clara Anastasia1
Smith Family1
Thompson, Grace - Blue Coat School, Birmingham1

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From 18002
From 19001

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Up to 19991

Archive File

ALS Fred Shaw to H J Francis, with two of Shaw's photographs

c.1927

ALS of 23 January 1927 from Fred Shaw to H J Francis, with two of Shaw's photographs of Gypsy/Travellers. 2 pp. Photograph 1 - Stankovic famliy member [male] - Colney Heath.

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Sampler
Textile

sampler

Thompson, Grace - Blue Coat School, Birmingham

mid 19th-19th Century

Embroidered cross stitched sampler by Grace Thompson, Blue Coat School, Birmingham. The sampler is worked in three sections featuring alphabets, numerals, corner motifs and inscription, enclosed in...

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Archive Item

Mason, Olive to Novello, Clara Anastasia

25 Jun 1861

Handwritten letter from Olive Mason to Clara Anastasia Novello, discussing the next Birmingham Triennial Music Festival in August 1861 and inviting Novello to perform despite her retirement.

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