Over the past few weeks I’ve been preparing the content for a new module ‘Voluntary Organisations, NGOs and the British Public, 1918-1985’ that I will teach to UCL history undergraduates from October, as well as revising a course on twentieth…
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Barnardo’s photographic archive under threat of destruction
News broke last week that the photographic archive of children’s charity Barnardo’s is to be destroyed as there is not enough physical space at its host institution. British Photographic History explain that while the images in the collection will be…
The Campaign Launch
The Campaign for Voluntary Sector Archives was launched on Monday 15 October 2012 at the House of Lords. The Campaign launch was sponsored by Baroness Pitkeathley and funded by The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. The afternoon seminar, chaired by…
Stewards of history? The Campaign for Voluntary Sector Archives launches today
A new Campaign for Voluntary Sector Archives launches at the House of Lords The Campaign has grown out of concern for the neglect of archives and records across the voluntary sector. Unlike public records produced by government which will end…