Dear all,
Here's another update on the Ruskin situation from ex-College librarian David Horsfield.
http://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/losing-the-memory/
Also, do sign the petition if you haven't already!
Best wishes,
Stefan
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From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Katie Birkwood
Sent: 11 October 2012 15:43
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Subject: Re: Destruction of Ruskin College Archives
Dear all,
Ruskin College have issued a short statement:
http://www.ruskin.ac.uk/news/2012/10/10/Ruskin_Cherishes_its_Archives
Katie
On 04/10/2012 15:31, Rachel MacGregor wrote:
> Apologies for cross posting, but a colleague drew my attention to the following from the Women's History network:
>
> Dear all
>
> The archives of Ruskin College, pioneer institution of working-class
> education, have been partly destroyed, on the instructions of the
> college principal and despite protests and an offer from the Bishopsgate
> Institute to take everything. What remains may still be at risk.
>
> 'Papers have not gone to a landfill site but have been specifically
> destroyed. Even the removal firm seemed puzzled and sought clarification
> from the principal who allegedly confirmed that indeed such material
> must be destroyed.', writes Hilda Kean in an article on the History
> Workshop website.
>
> Please read Hilda's article for more information if you have time
> http://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/whose-archive-whose-history-destruction-of-archives-at-ruskin-college-oxford/
>
> And please urgently sign and publicize the petition at:
> http://www.thepetitionsite.com/120/368/331/stop-further-archive-destruction-at-ruskin-college-oxford/
>
>
> Does anyone have more information on this?
>
> Rachel MacGregor
> Senior Archivist
> Birmingham Archives and Heritage
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