LJMU Special Collections & Archives are delighted to invite you to a First Look event for our newest collection: April Ashley's Personal Papers.
We're very excited to announce this recent acquisition, and we want to hear from our community to learn more about: what you want to see more of; what you want to happen next; and how we can work with you in the future.
This 'first look' will include an open workshop with a large selection of original archive material belonging to Ashley to browse, followed by discussion.
As the collection is very large and currently uncatalogued, it won't be possible to retrieve everything, but we will try to put out a good variety of material.
Her papers include: the legal records related to the landmark 1970 Corbett V Corbett case; personal and medical records related to her life as a prominent transgender figure from the 1950s onwards; and records of her successful career as a model and activist, among other papers.
The building is wheelchair accessible with blue badge parking, but do let us know at archives@ljmu.ac.uk if you have any specific access needs or concerns.
19 Nov 14:00-16:00 or 21 Nov 10:30-12:30
Mount Pleasant Campus Library, 29 Maryland Street, Liverpool, L1 9DE