Borthwick Institute for Archives

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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]

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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]

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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