Borthwick Institute for Archives

The Borthwick Institute for Archives is the specialist archive service of the University of York, York, England. It is one of the biggest archive repositories outside London.[1] The Borthwick was founded in 1953 as The Borthwick Institute of Historical Research.[2] It was originally based at St Anthony's Hall, a fifteenth-century guild hall on Peasholme Green, in central York. Since 2005 it has been based in a purpose-built building, situated adjacent to the JB Morrell Library on the University of York's Heslington West campus. This new building was made possible due to a grant of £4.4 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund[1][3] and designed by Leach Rhodes Walker and Buro Happold.[4]

Archivists and directors

Five archivists have headed the Borthwick Institute, all serving under their predecessors.[5][6] The title was changed from "Director" to "Keeper of Archives" in 2005 and was further expanded to "Keeper of Archives & Special Collections" in 2019.[5]

  • Canon John Stanley Purvis – 1953–1963
  • Norah Gurney – Archivist-in-Charge 1963–1971; Director, 1971–1974
  • David Smith – 1974–2000
  • Chris Webb – Acting Director, 2000–2005; Keeper of Archives, 2005–2019
  • Gary Brannan – 2019–present

Archives and rare books

Archives

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Rare books

The University of York Library holds a range of collections of valuable books which can be viewed at the Borthwick Institute.

See also

References
  1. "University Library and archives:Borthwick Institute – Welcome". Borthwick Institute for Archives. University of York. Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  2. "Our origins". Borthwick Institute for Archives. The University of York. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. "Lottery secures Archive's Future". The Northern Echo. Newsquest Media Group. 27 July 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  4. "Borthwick Institute". Buro Happold Website. Buro Happold. 2004. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  5. "Who has headed the Borthwick over the years? – Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York". www.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  6. "Our story". Borthwick Institute. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  7. "Borthwick Institute: What We Hold". 6 October 2020.


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