Our new website was launched in 2010, and allows searching across all our collections and view records for all our items. You can access the site at the following address: http://specialcollections.lib.sussex.ac.uk/.
These pages are available for reference and are no longer being updated. They may contain out of date information.
Special Collections underwent a substantial refurbishment of its reading rooms and offices, including the creation of a new reference collection area. Read more about the changes in the Library Review.
May 2007 sees the 70th anniversary of the first Mass Observation survey and a series of events have been held to celebrate.
Further information on the one day conference and other associated
events is available on the Mass Observation website at www.massobs.org.uk.
Sketch of Bob Copper by Julliet Pannet 1994
The archive documenting the life of Bob Copper, patriarch of the
famous folk singing family from Rottingdean, East Sussex, is now available
for researchers to access. The collection ranges across the 20th century,
documenting life in a Sussex village alongside Bob Copper and his
family's life long involvement in traditional English folk music.
Further
details on the collection, and its catalogue are available.
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