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  • Private Papers of Miss C Horwitz Private Papers of Miss C Horwitz

    (private papers) Made by: Horwitz, C

    Postcards and letters (circa 90pp ms/ts), mostly in German, written to her between 1939 and 1946 after she had left Germany for England in December 1938 on the `Kindertransport' scheme, mainly from her parents who remained in Hamburg, her brother Max,...

  • Material Relating to the Material Relating to the "Bevin Boys" Conscription Scheme, 1943 - 1947

    (private papers)

    An extensive collection of material relating to the Bevin Boys conscription scheme, 1943 - 1947, comprising a series of mainly photocopied ms/ts letters (ca 200pp) written by ex-Bevin Boys and describing their wartime experiences, a photocopied set of...

  • Britain at Bay - the Home Front 1939-1945 - an Imperial War Museum travelling photographic exhibition Britain at Bay - the Home Front 1939-1945 - an Imperial War Museum travelling photographic exhibition

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1980

    See also PST 20358

  • Falling II Falling II

    (art) Made by: Trollope, Roy (Artist) 1995

    image: a spectral white-faced man is shown falling backwards while holding a camouflaged plane. Beneath him is the Wilmington Man. A white dove flies away from his body towards an elderly couple, the artist's parents, on the right side of the image. The...

  • Untitled [rock climbers] Untitled [rock climbers]

    (art) Made by: Trollope, Roy (Artist) 1994

    image: two stylised male figures with arrows for eyes and marked with camouflage swoop down from the upper right corner of the image. One figure is holding a helicopter. Beneath them is the outline of a walking couple wearing ruck-sacks, turning to look...

  • The Mother Sees with Two Eyes II The Mother Sees with Two Eyes II

    (art) Made by: Trollope, Roy (Artist) 1995

    image: the mother of the artist is shown sitting by a small pond covering her ears with her hands. A small sailing boat containing the silhouette of a handless man, the artist's father, floats on the pond behind her. The man is looking upwards towards a...

  • Untitled [Rocks] Untitled [Rocks]

    (art) Made by: Trollope, Roy (Artist) 1994

    image: a mountain of rounded stones being climbed by an outlined figure on the left of the page. With each stone various figures, faces and activities are depicted. On the right a second figure is sitting on a stone, looking upwards. This figure is...

  • Untitled [Camouflage] Untitled [Camouflage]

    (art) Made by: Trollope, Roy (Artist) 1994

    image: two gray figures leap or fall onto a pile of rounded stones. Camouflage patterns are laid over the figures, spreading across the page. Some of the stones are only outlined while others form a dark area in the lower portion of the image. Within...