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Citation

King, Laura and Hammett, Jessica (2025) Living with the Dead: Remembrance and Family History in Britain. University of Leeds. [Dataset] https://doi.org/10.5518/1407

Dataset description

This project examined how families remember the dead and pass on their histories. It involved collaboration with a group of family historians as well as archival research into libraries and archives around Britain. The project was AHRC-funded, and has also involved work with libraries, museums, artists and charities. The key publication from the project is a book published with OUP, "Living with the Dead: Memories, Histories, and the Stories Families Tell in Modern Britain"

Additional information:	Additional booklets pending permission from family historians. The written materials from family historians related to this project are held in the Restricted Access Data Repository, RADAR. To request access, please click the link under ‘Related resources’. You will be prompted to complete a request form including your intended use of the dataset. You will then receive an initial response to your request within 10 working days.
Subjects:	V000 - Historical & philosophical studies > V100 - History by period > V140 - Modern history > V145 - Modern history 1900-1919 V000 - Historical & philosophical studies > V100 - History by period > V140 - Modern history > V146 - Modern history 1920-1949 V000 - Historical & philosophical studies > V200 - History by area > V210 - British history V000 - Historical & philosophical studies > V300 - History by topic > V320 - Social history > V323 - Family history
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures > School of History
Related resources:	Location Type https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191915697.001.0001 Publication https://livingwithdying.leeds.ac.uk/ Website https://radar.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/65/ Dataset https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/222757/ Publication
License:	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Date deposited:	28 Jan 2025 13:51
URI:	https://archive.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/1369
Additional details Additional details Creators or authors: Creators ORCID Other ID Email Primary affiliation Primary affiliation ID Primary affiliation ID type Secondary affiliation Secondary affiliation ID Secondary affiliation ID type King, Laura https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2574-704X University of Leeds https://ror.org/024mrxd33 ror Hammett, Jessica https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3564-5143 University of Leeds https://ror.org/024mrxd33 ror Type of data: Dataset Research funders: AHRC Publication date: 2025 Resource language: English Metadata language: English Research project title: Living with Dying: Everyday Cultures of Dying within Family Life in Britain, c.1900s-1950s Publisher: University of Leeds Contact email: l.king@leeds.ac.uk Last Modified: 17 Dec 2025 15:19

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Data

Booklets by family historians (4 files) [52MB] Booklets by family historians (4 files) [52MB] Booklets by family historians (4 files) [52MB] Security: Anyone File name: Booklets_by_family_historians.zip Content type: Data Description: These booklets have been shared with the permission of the authors for non-commercial use Mime-Type: application/zip License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) File size: 52MB

Website content (49 files) [159MB] Website content (49 files) [159MB] Website content (49 files) [159MB] Security: Anyone File name: Website_content.zip Content type: Data Description: Archived blogposts from the project website Mime-Type: application/zip License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) File size: 159MB

Bibliography of life writing in Leeds, Lancashire and Glasgow archives [104kB] Bibliography of life writing in Leeds, Lancashire and Glasgow archives [104kB] Bibliography of life writing in Leeds, Lancashire and Glasgow archives [104kB] Security: Anyone File name: Autobiographies.docx Content type: Data Mime-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) File size: 104kB