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I thought you might be interested to know about the Save the Children (UK) Archive Project, which is located in the Cadbury Collection at the University of Birmingham. For some time this has been home to the SC UK historical archive, but it has not been fully catalogued. Recently the team there were awarded a significant grant from the Wellcome Foundation to complete the archiving over a two year period. This is a very exciting project, which will make the archive more readily accessible to academics and other researchers into the history of Save the Children.
As the work progresses the team are producing a monthly blog piece. The latest one has the enticing title: “Camels, bats, and moon-rise over the desert: Life with SCF in Gorom-Gorom”! It is a great read; you can find it here:
You can also sign up to receive a monthly email when the latest blog appears; again, strongly recommended!
Looking ahead, I hope it will also be possible for us an Alumni Association to plug in more systematically to the Archive Project; we all have stories to tell and some of us have papers we would like to be part of the historical record. I sit on the Steering Committee for the project and I will keep you posted.
In the meantime, enjoy the tales from the Sahel. Maybe they were written by one of you!
Mike
Here’s the latest blog post from the Cadbury Research Library team, this time on SCF’s work in India:
The previous one was on Save the Children’s initiatives in education work:
https://thesavethechildrenarchive.wordpress.com/2019/10/01/save-the-childrens-education-initiatives/
Do please pass on these links to anyone you think might be interested.
Mike
CALL FOR PAPERS: Constructing Histories: exploring the potential of charity archives
On 1 July the Cadbury Research Library at the University of Birmingham is hosting a workshop on this topic. It’s aimed at aid workers as much as at academics and, to quote: “The Study Day aims to provide space for critical reflection of the activities of various charitable agencies throughout the 20th century and towards the present day.” Full details are in the attached document.
I’ll be presenting a paper on how the Cadbury archive has helped me with my research on Save the Children’s role during the Biafran War. Others will have similar stories to tell. I’m hoping this will lead into a wider oral history project, where current members of the organisation will be supported to collect histories from alumni, thus strengthening the organisation’s institutional memory.
I do hope I shall see some of you there; you’d be very welcome!
Mike
Save-the-Children-Study-Day-Call-for-Papers.pdf
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