Papers relating to local history projects conducted by Family First Training Services Limited, Nottingham, 1987-1989

The collection contains surveys and plans produced by work experience recruits undertaking local history projects established by Family First Training Services Limited and Prospects Training of Nottingham. Principal series included are:

• Plans of icehouses at Clifton Hall, Annesley Hall and Wollaton Hall, and boathouse at Wollaton Hall, all in Nottinghamshire. 1987 (MS 526/1);
• Survey forms, accompanied by illustrations, of dovecotes in Wollaton Park, Tithby, Gedling, Upton, Oxton, Wollaton, Thurgarton, Averham and Kneeton in Nottinghamshire. 1988 (MS 526/2);
• Survey forms and plan of monumental inscriptions in the churchyard of St Stephen's Church in Sneinton, Nottinghamshire. 1989 (MS 526/3).

Family First Training Services Limited and Prospects Training were training agencies established under a government initiative to provide skills and work experience for job seekers. During the 1980s, the agencies were responsible for undertaking work on a number of local history projects in Nottinghamshire.

The collection has been divided by project name into series. Within these series, items have been arranged chronologically where possible.

ACCESS: Accessible to all registered readers.

LANGUAGE: English

• This description is the only finding aid available for the collection. Copyright on the description belongs to the University of Nottingham.

REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.

COPYRIGHT: Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk).

Parts of the collection were given to the University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections at different times between 1987 and 1989.