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Please note that some items in this collection contain language and attitudes relating to race, class, gender and disability that are outdated and potentially uncomfortable or distressing to read. Newcastle University Library Special Collections & Archives statement about addressing potentially uncomfortable or distressing content in collections is available here.
This collection contains material relating to coal mining in the northeast which may include writing from the perspective of the miners themselves. It also includes works by two prominent women: Mary Somerville and Millicent Garrett Fawcett. Find out more about our work to illuminate hidden or obscured histories and voices in our collections here.