Arthur Cooper Archive

Press/Media: Research

Description

As part of my work on Coventry Digital we undertook a test project with MirrorPix to see what kind of knowledge community historians would attach to a set of 10,000 images of historic Coventry from a newspaper archive.

Period3 Jan 2023 → 24 Mar 2023

Media coverage

1

Media coverage

  • TitleBBC Online - Arthur Cooper project
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletBBC
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date3/01/23
    DescriptionImages saved from a skip, showing the restoration of a city devastated by the blitz, have been identified and catalogued thanks to the work of volunteers.

    Thousands of photographs taken by Coventry photographer Arthur Cooper from the 1940s up to the 1960s have been digitized and released online by Coventry University.
    Producer/AuthorVanessa Pearce
    URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-63871358
    PersonsBenjamin Kyneswood

Media contributions

2

Media contributions

  • TitleBBC Breakfast
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletBBC Breakfast TV
    Media typeTelevision
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date24/03/23
    DescriptionCoverage of Coventry Digital on BBC Breakfast
    Producer/AuthorNaga Munchetty
    URLhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbd2VlFx8pU
    PersonsBenjamin Kyneswood
  • TitleBBC - Arthur Cooper project development
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date23/03/23
    DescriptionHundreds more photographic images, saved from being dumped at a tip, have been unearthed and handed over to a city archive.

    Some of the glass negatives, rescued by former cameraman Ian Hollands, have lain unseen for more than 30 years.
    Producer/AuthorVanessa Pearce
    URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-64980965
    PersonsBenjamin Kyneswood