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Charities and Pressure Groups
Research Themes Supported
Hull History Centre holds the archival collections of a number of charities and pressure groups. Such collections can aid research into many areas including:
- Animal Rights
- Civil and Human Rights
- Peace Movement
- Welfare of Immigrants
- Gender Rights
- Gay Rights
- Protection of Georgian Architecture
- Anti-Fascism
- Co-operative Movement
- Support for Conscientious Objectors
- Anti-Conscription
- Policing of Protest
- Labour Movement
- Aid for Prisoners
- Welfare of Seafarers and Their Families
- Local Almshouses
- Local Trusts and Funds
Charity and pressure group records commonly include minutes, reports, correspondence, campaign literature, posters, photographs, and case papers, although the latter may be subject to closure under Data Protection legislation.
Further collections
The following PDF contains a list of HHC collections that may be useful to researchers interested in charities and pressure groups.
The following material may also be useful when researching this area:
- Newspapers, which can be useful for gathering contextual information around a particular issue, they can also be useful if looking for advertisements and reports of meetings of groups and charities.
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Source Guide Charities & Pressure Groups List of collections created by charities and pressure groups at HHC
