The theft of records by their custodians has a long and inglorious history.
 
In 1905, my predecessor JR Boyle, Records Clerk to Hull Corporation, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment with hard labour for stealing and selling items from the Andrew Marvell constituency correspondence in the Corporation collection. Only a few were recovered and we're still missing 4 or 5 today. 
 
According to the newspaper reports, Boyle's motivation was the financial pressures of a wife with expensive tastes.
 
We continue to use Boyle's transcription and translation of the City charters long after his unfortunate activities have been (largely) forgotten - perhaps the American archivist has left a similarly lasting legacy which will outlive memories of his alleged misdemeanours.
 
Martin Taylor
City Archivist
Hull City Archives
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Hull
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Subject: Re: Arrest of Archivist in New York

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Gary Collins
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British Cartoon Archive
Templeman Library
University of Kent
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----- Original Message -----
From: Pam Cranston <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:42 am
Subject: Re: Arrest of Archivist in New York
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> Oops!
>
> Taylor Richard wrote:
> >
> > See links below: from the US Archives listserv.  This
> will ring many
> > bells with anyone who attended last November's PSQG seminar on
> > balancing security with access!
> >
> > 
> >
> >
> <http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=659133&category=FRONTPG&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=1/29/2008
> >
> <http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=659133&category=FRONTPG&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=1/29/2008>>>
> > 
> >
> > If that link breaks up try  http://tinyurl.com/25tuw9
> >
> > 
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> > Richard Taylor BA MArAd
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