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Charity and voluntary sector archives

A collaborative, interdisciplinary project that promotes the preservation and use of the archives and records of charities, voluntary and community organisations.

Archives: Case Studies

This section showcases relevant archive collections from both an organisational perspective and a researcher perspective.

We are looking for more case studies. If you are researcher who would like to tell us about a collection you have used, an organisation with a heritage collection or project, or a repository with relevant content do get in touch. You can contact Georgina Brewis (g.brewis@ucl.ac.uk) for more information about how to contribute.

Muller’s New Orphan Homes

Georgina Brewis / 22 July, 2020
Staffordshire figure depicting a boy and girl standing side by side on an oval base entitled 'GEORGE MULLERS ORPHANS BRISTOL' in black indented capitals, 1890.

Kate Brooks, a doctoral student and associate lecturer at Bath Spa University, tells us about Müller’s New Orphan Homes Museum.

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Indian humanitarianism at the St John archive

Georgina Brewis / 22 July, 2020
Front cover of the Indian Ambulance Gazette

Maria Framke, affiliated researcher at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, tells us about researching Indian humanitarian initiatives at the St John Archive in London.

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Youth Hostels Association Archive

Georgina Brewis / 5 June, 2020
Front cover of YHA guide.

Duncan Simpson, former Head of Corporate Affairs with the Youth Hostels Association, tells us about the organisation’s archives.

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First World War Volunteers

Georgina Brewis / 5 June, 2020

Researcher and volunteer Deborah Cameron tells us about using the British Red Cross ‘Volunteers during the First World War’ digital collection.

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Ockenden Venture Archive

Georgina Brewis / 5 June, 2020
Leaflet for Vietnam appeal

Dr Annabelle Wilkins from the University of Manchester’s ‘Translating Asylum’ project, tells us about the archive of Ockenden International, a charity working with refugees.

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The Power of Petitioning

Georgina Brewis / 5 June, 2020
LIne cut drawing of a man presenting a petition, 1648

Dr David Hitchcock, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at Canterbury Christ Church University, tells us how he has used The Power of Petitioning database.

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This website is run by the British Academy Research Project ‘Archiving the Mixed Economy of Welfare’ a collaborative, interdisciplinary project that promotes the preservation and use of the archives and records of charities, NGOs, voluntary and community organisations.  These  are increasingly vulnerable in a period of austerity. We see the such archives and records as strategic assets for governance, corporate identity, accountability and research.

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