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- Affective Digital Histories
- Arqueotex collection
- BBC Radio Leicester Archive
- Belgrave Memories
- British United People
- Calver Weir Archive
- The Clive Harrison collection
- The David Wood Collection
- Dunton Bassett Local History Society Collection
- The Earle Robinson collection
- em: source collection
- The EMOHA collection
- Ethnic Elders collection
- Evacuees collection
- Fox Hunting collection
- Guru Nanak Sikh collection
- Leicester City Museums collection
- Leicester Community History collection
- Leicestershire Regiment collection
- Leicester Oral History Archive collection
- Mantle Oral History collection
- Harborough Museum collection
- Maurice Ennals collection
- Mines of Memory Collection
- Natural Heroes
- Poshak Puralekh
- The Rhianydd Murray collection
- Saffron Past and Present collection
- Semper Eadem collection
- Taking Part collection
- Talking about Technology collection
- Textile Tales
- Thornton collection
- Tracking our Heritage
- Walnut Street collection
- Wathes collection
- Westfield Hinckley collection
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Harborough Museum collection
Physical detail
- Number of items in the collection: 207
- Venues where the material can be listened to: Record Office, Market Harborough Museum, digitised copies of interviews available to listen to at EMOHA
- Media available on: CD, digital files
Collection history
The majority of the recordings in this collection were made between 1984 and 1985, many as part of the 'In Service' project on Domestic Service and the 'Hidden Harborough' project, both conducted by the Museum. Additional interviews were recorded between 1986 and 1987.
What the collection contains
The interviews in this collection cover details about life in Market Harborough from the Hidden Harborough project, which include recollections on the Quakers Yard, Kings Head Place and work in the Co-op before 1940. Other interviews look at the theme of domestic service and provide an extensive insight into the below stairs world at such places as Thornby Hall and Kensington Palace, as well as more ordinary households.