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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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An early photograph 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 showing the detail of the roof of Alexandra House.
Black and white photograph of Alexandra House. Photograph commissioned by Carol Leeming to accompany her choreopoem.
A collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding Faire Brothers Ltd.
20 second recording of the sound of someone walking on gravel.
A 39 second sound recording of the hubbub in the Phoenix CafeĢ.
A 7 second sound recording of the clanging of a metal gate.
Colour photograph showing some of the ornate decoration on the Pfister and Vogel warehouse.
Colour photograph of the former Pfister and Vogel leather factors building showing detailed carved stonework and leaded windows. The building has been redeveloped and is now apartments.
Colour photograph of graffiti with the Phoenix building in the background, taken from 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.
Black and white drawing of St. George's Mills, appearing in Leicester : its civic, industrial, institutional and social life, 1927
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.
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 dancers at a Northern Soul Night at the Palais de Danse.
Black and white photograph of dancers at a Northern Soul Night at the Palais de Danse.
Black and white photograph of dancers at a Northern Soul Night at the Palais de Danse.
Black and white photograph of the outside of Zoots night club. The building was formally the Palais de Danse
Black and white photograph of the Freeman, Hardy and Willis building, before it was destroyed during World War II.
Black and white photograph of a demolition site facing Humberstone Gate showing the remains of the 1880's warehouse being cleared for reconstruction.
Colour photograph of a sign at the former Leicester International Hotel. The sign reads "Magnum Exhibition Hall".
A collection of urban-exploration style photographs of Volcrepe (Woods) Mill, Glossop, Derbyshire.