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The Affective Digital Histories archive comprises open and publicly accessible data, including images, press cuttings, audio and video clips, and creative commissions. The materials have been digitised and catalogued by researchers at the University of Leicester and can be accessed here via the Explorer, or through the University of Leicester's own Special Collections Online.
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Colour photograph of the entrance to Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of Alexandra House. The Athena can be glimpsed to the right of the photograph.
Colour photograph of a door with the letter F depicted above.
Colour photograph of a window embossed with a floral design and incorporating the text Faire Brothers & Co., Limited.
Collection of photographs of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the interior of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the interior of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph showing the detail of the roof of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the courtyard area at Alexandra House.
A 1 minute 35 second sound recording of a van being loaded at Phoenix Arts.
Colour photograph showing the Pfister and Vogel warehouse with boarded up windows and peeling paintwork.
Colour photograph of the Pfister and Vogel warehouse restored and reopened as the Leather Factors apartment complex, with Thai restaurant.
Colour photograph of graffiti with the Phoenix building in the background, taken from alongside St George's Way.
Colour photograph of graffiti on the far edge of the Phoenix car park.
Colour photograph of graffiti on the far edge of the Phoenix car park alongside St George's Way.
Colour photograph of graffiti on a hoarding at the side of the Phoenix car park alongside St George's Way.
13 second sound recording of water pouring from a tap.
Colour photograph of graffiti opposite The Shed music venue on Yeoman Street.
Black and white drawing of St. George's Mills, appearing in Leicester : its civic, industrial, institutional and social life, 1927
Colour photograph of Wimbledon Street.
60 second sound recording of a bus. The recording includes sounds of the engine, brakes, and the bus passengers voices.
Colour photograph of Helsinki's gay bar, previously J. Herbert Marshall Music Depot
Black and white photograph of the detail above the door at Helsinki's bar, previously J. Herbert Marshall Music Depot. Photograph commissioned by Carol Leeming to accompany her choreopoem.
Black and white photograph of the interior of the Leicester Secular Hall.
Black and white drawing of the exterior of the Leicester Secular Hall. Initialled S.J.B. '99.
A collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding nightclubs, in particular Zoots.
A collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding the Palais de Danse, Leicester
A collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding The Studio nightclub in Humberstone Gate formerly known as The Leicester Palais de Danse.
Black and white photograph of a male dancer at a Northern Soul Night at the Palais de Danse.
Black and white photograph of a female dancer at a Northern Soul Night at the Palais de Danse. Photograph features other dancers in the background.