Tag: Disability Archives and archivistsDr Guttmann and the origins of the Paralympic GamesWednesday 1 September 2021Until the middle of the 20th century experiencing an injury to your spine was...Records and researchThe extraordinary life of Douglas BaderSunday 21 February 2021Born 111 years ago today, Douglas Bader would grow up to be a Royal...Records and research‘Needs tactful and sympathetic treatment’: Mental health during the First World WarMonday 2 December 2019The image of the shell shocked soldier remains one of the most enduring of...Records and researchRosa May Billinghurst: suffragette, campaigner, ‘cripple’Friday 22 December 2017Friday 18 May 2018, 18:30 Suffrage 100 – Archives at night: Law breakers, law...Records and researchMedieval army pensioners: the Poor Knights of WindsorFriday 1 December 2017One of our most interesting collections for the study of military and family history is...Records and researchDiamond cutting for disabled servicemenWednesday 22 November 2017Over 1 million British men were disabled by disease or injury during the First...Behind the scenesFinding the wounded: re-cataloguing First World War pension filesThursday 9 November 2017In the First World War, over 1.5 million British personnel were wounded, many of...Records and research‘Maimed and not fit for manual labour’?Tuesday 9 February 2016Employment schemes, employment bureaux within hospitals and training made available form a lens through...Records and researchFirst World War hearing aidsThursday 19 February 2015If you were researching hearing aids from the early twentieth century what term would you...Records and researchThe ‘Invictus Games’ of 1922Monday 8 December 2014Did you think the recent Invictus Games, held for wounded, injured and sick service personnel,...Records and researchGetting creative with our collections: a women’s history zine workshopTuesday 8 April 2014Here at The National Archives we are keen to see people engage with our...Records and researchLost in translation: disability history and the difficulty of languageWednesday 29 January 2014Last month was Disability History Month. Founded in 2010, it endeavours to highlight the... 1 2 »
