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Research question
Mar. 5th, 2013 09:36 pmSo tonight I was watching Downton Abbey with my grandmother and there is a part where there is a fair and someone wins a prize. She started chuckling, and afterwards she told me a story about when she was 10 or 11 (so 1929 or 1930 - this is important later).
Basically, she went to a fair and it had one of those "throw a thing at this thing to win a prize" gimmicks and she lost all her spending money (6 pence, old school money). Then at school she wrote an essay about it and submitted it to the Bradford Telegraph and Argus and it won a prize of half a crown (or 2 shillings 6 pence, old school money). Not bad, eh?
I really, really, really, really want to find a copy of that essay. It would just be really cool. Unfortunately, archives in the US do not seem to *have* copies of the Bradford Telegraph and Argus. (Funny, that ;) ).The British Library has originals, which I'm sure require delicate gloves and a lot of reading (which could be amusing, but I don't have a ticket to London to burn sadly.) Oxford has an electronic resource (*slavers*) but it is only for Oxford-affiliated people (boo). I could write to an archivist at the British Museum and ask them for a copy, but I don't know the exact date - only that it was probably sometime after summer vacation in either 1929 or 1930, and of course who wrote it, and the general topic. But if they haven't digitized things going that far back, it's quite a bit of digging.
So here's my question: does anyone know of any archives in the greater Yorkshire area that are likely to have copies of the Bradford Telegraph and Argus (where I could easily direct a relative of mine who's interested in genealogy but can't travel to London easily)? I've tried looking on the University of Huddersfield's website and didn't see anything there, but I feel like there must be other archives that I just don't know about because I've never had the privilege of doing research in Britain.
ETA: Lots of good suggestions in comments, thanks so much! If I'm slow responding to any new ones, it may be because I've lost power due to a snowstorm. Don't be alarmed - we have all the necessities covered. ^___^
Basically, she went to a fair and it had one of those "throw a thing at this thing to win a prize" gimmicks and she lost all her spending money (6 pence, old school money). Then at school she wrote an essay about it and submitted it to the Bradford Telegraph and Argus and it won a prize of half a crown (or 2 shillings 6 pence, old school money). Not bad, eh?
I really, really, really, really want to find a copy of that essay. It would just be really cool. Unfortunately, archives in the US do not seem to *have* copies of the Bradford Telegraph and Argus. (Funny, that ;) ).The British Library has originals, which I'm sure require delicate gloves and a lot of reading (which could be amusing, but I don't have a ticket to London to burn sadly.) Oxford has an electronic resource (*slavers*) but it is only for Oxford-affiliated people (boo). I could write to an archivist at the British Museum and ask them for a copy, but I don't know the exact date - only that it was probably sometime after summer vacation in either 1929 or 1930, and of course who wrote it, and the general topic. But if they haven't digitized things going that far back, it's quite a bit of digging.
So here's my question: does anyone know of any archives in the greater Yorkshire area that are likely to have copies of the Bradford Telegraph and Argus (where I could easily direct a relative of mine who's interested in genealogy but can't travel to London easily)? I've tried looking on the University of Huddersfield's website and didn't see anything there, but I feel like there must be other archives that I just don't know about because I've never had the privilege of doing research in Britain.
ETA: Lots of good suggestions in comments, thanks so much! If I'm slow responding to any new ones, it may be because I've lost power due to a snowstorm. Don't be alarmed - we have all the necessities covered. ^___^
