Metadata: Oral Histories
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Brent Museum & Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Brent Museum & Archives
- Postal address:
- The Library at Willesden Green95 High RoadWillesden London Greater London United Kingdom NW10 2SF
- Phone number:
- Telephone: 020 8937 3600
- Web address:
- https://www.brent.gov.uk/archives
- Reference number:
- OH
- Title:
- Oral Histories
- Title (official language):
- Oral Histories
- Creator/accumulator:
- Brent Archives
- Date(s):
- 1900/2015
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- There are about 400 recordings in the collection.
- Scope and content:
- This collection comprises recordings written accounts and images of life in Brent since the early 20th century. It includes reminiscences, memories and photographs taken by people from many of the borough’s ethnic communities, including African, African-Caribbean, Hindu, Irish, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh.
- Subject terms:
- Memoirs
- Oral history
- Photographs
- Access, restrictions:
- Open, subject to user registration with the Library at Willesden Green, including Brent Archives.
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue - see https://bma-collections.brent.gov.uk/
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
