At 2.00 pm on Saturday 22nd October, 2016 at The Nottingham Mechanics Institute, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham NG1 4EZ Dr Paul Carter will present a talk on Victorian Pauper Letters, Statements and Petitions from the Midland Counties.
The talk will follow on from the Annual General Meeting of the Notts and Derbys Labour History Society which will commence at 1.00 pm. (Doors open at 12.30)
Dr Paul Carter is the Principal Records Specialist for Domestic Records within the Advice and Records Knowledge Department at The National Archives. He is also currently a research fellow at the University of Nottingham looking at 19th century poverty. He has provided numerous talks and written extensively for local, family and academic history audiences interested in poverty during the Victorian period.