Our Collections in the Media

Supplying digital images of our documents to media outlets for use by local and national media and for TV productions is another aspect of the work we do behind the scenes. Recently we have supplied material for the following:

Fishing Crew Lists
Our fishing crew lists were featured in the August 2011 issue of Who Do You Think You Are? magazine, in an article by Access and Collections Manager Carol Tanner. The crew lists give detailed information about crew members, and they are indexed down to the fourth hand. A source guide is available and the crew lists are also searchable on our online catalogue.

The Blitz
Spring 2011 saw the 70th anniversary of the blitz on Hull and BBC Look North featured several photographs from our collection in a piece featuring reminiscences from members of the public set against images of bomb damage sites.  The image gallery can be still be found on the BBC website. The History Centre also took part in several events commemorating the anniversary in Hull.

Philip Larkin
The Larkin 25 celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of Philip Larkin's death have attracted a lot of coverage in the national press. Many of the articles featured photographs from the Philip Larkin archives. We have been very busy keeping up with the requests we receive for images from the collection, especially with the recent publication of 'Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica', edited by Anthony Thwaite. Below is a selection of the recent news stories which used images of the photographs and letters we hold:

'Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica ed. by Anthony Thwaite: review' in The Telegraph, 17 October 2010

'Philip Larkin's Women', Guardian, 23 October 2010 (original print article featured Hull History Centre material)

Photographs taken by Philip Larkin were also used in the 'Larkin the Photographer' exhibition at the Hull Maritime Musuem between 23 October and 12 December 2010.

See our Philip Larkin pages for a brief biography, details of collections we hold and a selected bibliography.

Latest: Philip Larkin and the Third Woman documentary parts of which were shot in the History Centre was aired on BBC Four on Tue 7th Dec at 20.00

 

Association for the Protection of Sea-Birds [ref U DSB]
Several items from this collection featured in the BBC4 documentary series 'Birds Brittannia', which was screened on 17 November 2010.

The Association was formed by the Rev. HF Barnes in Bridlington in 1868 and quickly secured the support of local landowners and several local Members of Parliament. One of these, Christopher Sykes MP, introduced a Bill into Parliament which was passed as the Sea Birds Preservation Act in 1869. The Association was quickly wound up after this early success, but the letters and documents were passed down through the family. Descriptions of the material within this collection is available on our online catalogue. 

Winifred Holtby
The 75th anniversity of this East Riding author's death was recently marked, and the local press featured several items from the Local Studies Collection, as reported on BBC Humberside. Her most well-known novel, 'South Riding', was broadcast as a BBC drama in early 2011, so expect to see more of the Local Studies Collection this year!

See our Winifred Holtby page for a brief biography.