field notes: cruising the collection part two (january/february 2026)

In advance of our next in-person workshop at the Wellcome on Saturday 21 February, group members did some more ‘cruising the collection’ and shortlisted materials that they wanted to see. We also went back to some of our original catalogue finds and included some of those too. This is a record of the full list of items we will look at on the day:

The Transvengers. The Transvengers | Wellcome Collection [digital story] 

Trans masculinity on the record. Trans masculinity on the record | Wellcome Collection [digital story] 

Little book of trans affirmations. Little book of trans affirmations / by Mick Moran. | Wellcome Collection

Moving on : a self-help project to support women through hysterectomy and the menopause / Women's Health. Women's Health Ephemera  https://wellcomecollection.org/works/utycpwy8

Bonnie Parker in "Amputated". https://wellcomecollection.org/works/edsp5k4v

Beating about the bush : a guide to sex and sexual health for women who have sex with women : fully updated / The Lesbian & Gay Foundation. 2009 Pamphlet  https://wellcomecollection.org/works/qex2xmh3

Women asking for help, Mary Bishop. 'Woman asking for help" Mary Bishop. Adamson Collection

Progesterona. Progesterona / Gedeon Richter (América), S.A.

Bile Beans. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/pp33wxjtKeep healthy, happy and slim with BIle Beans

London Lock Hospital in the nineteenth century. London Lock Hospital in the nineteenth century : gender, sexuality and social reform London Lock Hospital in the nineteenth century : gender, sexuality and social reform / Maria Isabel Romero Ruiz.Date: 2014 – open shelves 

Marriage and health: the wellbeing of same-sex couples. Marriage and health : the well-being of same-sex couples / edited by Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek, Lindsey Wilkinson. Date: [2020] Open shelves  

The remedy: queer and trans voices on health and health care. The remedy : queer and trans voices on health and health care / edited by Zena Sharman. Date: [2016]

Improving access to healthcare for lesbians in Wandsworth. Improving access to healthcare for lesbians in Wandsworth : why is access an issue for lesbians? / Wandsworth Community Health Council. Date: [between 1995 and 2000?] Closed Stores.

Straight talking. Straight talking : a multi-agency research project looking at access to primary healthcare for women who have sex with women / sponsored by South & West Devon Health Authority. Butler, Avril Date: 2000  Closed stores part of women’s health archive M25944  

Menopause and Sexuality. UM: Menopause and Sexuality SA/WHL/23/24 . 1 file from 1978 – 2005 – professional journal, information leaflets, etc.   

Menopause and drug treatment. UlnC: Menopause and drug treatment SA/WHL/23/1. 1 file from 1996/1998 leaflets, magazines from pharmaceutical companies 

Dirty Lesbian. Dirty Lesbian : a zine about reclaiming lesbian-feminism Echo publishing.

Daisy Johnson The Meaning of Trauma is Wound  

Helen King Finding the clitoris among the flowers | Wellcome Collection 

Powder produced from the decay of medical records. Powder produced from the decay of medical records. Jars. | Wellcome Collection - 2 jam jars – closed stores – 34413i  

A tumour of the ovary cut open to show blood vessels. A tumour of the ovary cut open to show blood vessels. Watercolour, c. 1824. | Wellcome Collection - closed stores  32859i  

On ovarian and uterine rumours. On ovarian and uterine tumours : their diagnosis and treatment / by T. Spencer Wells. | Wellcome Collection  - closed stores M19743

Queer creative health. Queer creative health : by Meg-John Barker for Queer Circle. | Wellcome Collection - digital book PRINTED 

Love is love is love zine. Love is love is love zine. | Wellcome Collection made by a member of staff for zine club - zine – closed stores Z1399

Aromatic fumigating paper. Caley & Knights' aromatic fumigating paper : prepared by Caley & Knights, pharmaceutical chemists / Caley & Knights. | Wellcome Collection - closed stores EPH/229/99  

Viavi gynae plates. Viavi gynae plates 1891 - closed stores M19661  

A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine. A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving. 1828  Closed stores 20232i 

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: the galleried Hall of Statuary. Photograph, 1913. Closed stores 28720i ,  

Museum accessions register Vol 11: 36301-38296; 44981-45000 WA/HMM/CM/Acc/11 Closed stores 

The Wellcome Building, Euston Road, London: the Hall of Statuary as adapted for the Library, c. 1960. Photograph. 29167i Closed stores 

Queer coded: a queer history zine. Queer coded : a queer history zine / by Emily A. Foster and H.E. Smith. | Wellcome Collection 

Pretty sure this plant is queer : a limited edition zine about queer hearts in nature and queering healing biotopes. | Wellcome Collection 

Go gay! Go gay! | Wellcome Collection 

We’re all queer here. We're all queer here / Coin Operated Press. | Wellcome Collection 

Bodies of evidence. Bodies of evidence : ancient anatomical votives past, present, and future / edited by Jane Draycott, University of Glasgow, Emma-Jayne Graham, the Open University. | Wellcome Collection  

Queer exhibition histories. Queer exhibition histories / Bas Hendrikx (ed.) ; contributors, Tawanda Appiah [and twenty-six others]. | Wellcome Collection  

Trans voices: becoming who you are. Trans voices : becoming who you are / Declan Henry ; foreword by Professor Stephen Whittle, OBE ; afterword by Jane Fae. | Wellcome Collection 

The hysterical alphabet. The hysterical alphabet : wherein we chart the course of that curious malady of the womb or hysterus known as hysteria, beginning with the letter A in ancient Egypt, with the actual kinds, causes, symptoms, prognostics, and several cures thereof / text by Terri Kapsalis ; drawings by Gina Litherland. | Wellcome Collection 

A woman’s disease. A woman's disease : the history of cervical cancer / Ilana Löwy. | Wellcome Collection 

The wandering womb. The wandering womb : a cultural history of outrageous beliefs about women / Lana Thompson ; foreword by Vern L. Bullough. | Wellcome Collection 

Enough. Enough : because we can stop cervical cancer / Dr. Linda Eckert. | Wellcome Collection 

My vulva and I. My vulva and I : a vulva diversity project / created by Lydia Reeves. | Wellcome Collection 

Immaculate Forms. Helen King: Immaculate Forms  

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This participatory research and socially engaged project is being delivered in collaboration with the Wellcome Collection.

Image credits (above):

Powder produced from the decay of medical records. Jars. Wellcome Collection.

A tumour of the ovary cut open to show blood vessels. Watercolour, c. 1824. Wellcome Collection.

A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving. Wellcome Collection.

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