Stories
- Interview
Inside the minds of A R Hopwood and Honor Beddard
The curators of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ reveal the stories behind the exhibits, and the intriguing truths the show confronts us with.
- In pictures
The post-war adverts that tried to cure lonely women
Isolated housewives, lonely female office workers: while the 1950s saw the birth of a general concern about them, manufacturers also spotted an opportunity. Find out how advertising promised that products could salve solitude.
- Article
Beyond a green carpet
Plant ecologist Sara Middleton explores the amazing symbiotic relationships between the species that make up grasslands, and considers their future as rain becomes more scarce.
- In pictures
Quaranzines
Researcher and zine-maker Lea Cooper explores pandemic zines made by people who were often familiar with “staying at home” because of disability or chronic illness.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Retirement of Sir William Herbert Cooper and Dr Frank A Cooper
Date: 28 Dec 1962 - 11 Jan 1963Reference: WF/C/P/02/12Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Schedule of Deeds - Sir R A Cooper
Date: 15 Jul 1914 - 10 Feb 1930Reference: WF/C/P/02/08Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Photocopy of will of Sir R A Cooper
Date: 1942-1944Reference: WF/C/P/02/10Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
A Brief History of Cooper USA, Inc
Date: c 1975Reference: WF/C/M/H/30Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
The Chairman, Sir R A Cooper
Date: 1922-1948Reference: WF/C/E/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd