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Information about past work at the Modern Records Centre is included in our annual reports and information bulletins (available online from 1996/7 to 2016/7). Recordings of several past events are also available - the student-led Open Education Series, 2014-2016, and the schools project Archives Alive, 2016.
Shirtmaking and the 'sweated trades'
The quintessential 'sweated trade', sources on early 20th century shirtmaking have now been added to our ongoing digitisation project on 'The Sweated Trades: Working life in the early 20th century'.
The digitised sources include information about pay, working conditions and the effects of the First World War, including protests over women's wartime 'invasion' of cutting rooms and a string of strikes.
Shooting the Past
On Friday the MRC ran a session on Archives and Research for Year 10 students taking part in the project Shooting the Past.
Shooting the Past is a collaborative project between UniTracks, and the Departments of History and Film & TV at the University of Warwick. The aim of the project is to create a short documentary on their hometown or area. Last week students taking part came to campus for a 2-day event, and were introduced to the basics of documentary style, film production and archival research.
The films will be screened at a special event in March.
History of Human Rights in Latin America: new module resources
Digitised sources relating to human rights, politics and the labour movement in Latin America during the first half of the 20th century have been added to the MRC's online resources for University of Warwick modules.
Subjects covered by the resource include: Mexico after the revolution, Argentina before and after Peron, and the establishment of the Confederation of Latin American Workers.
