Recent suggestions for inclusion
Thank you to researchers for suggesting additional names to include in our LGBTQ guide. More research is needed before they are fully integrated into this guide so if you are researching any of the people listed below using the archives and rare books in our care, please get in touch.
- Emily, Faithfull 1835-1895 publisher and women's activist
- Lally, Gwen [real name Gwendolin Rosalie Lally Tollandal Speck] (1882–1963), pageant master and theatre producer.
- Painting, Norman George, 1924-2009, writer, broadcaster and actor
Recent acquisitions
- We have recently acquired rare books by the author Michael Field. Michael Field was a pseudonym used by English authors Katharine Harris Bradley (1846–1914) and Edith Emma Cooper (1862–1913).
- We have also acquired further books by Edward Carpenter (1844-1929).
For details of these new book acquisitions, please address your email to the book team at special-collections@bham.ac.uk