Press Cutting Collection (1947-1970)
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Press Cutting Collection (1947-1970)
Classmark: MS 2074/1/1
Original reference: BC MS Rom 2/2014
Date(s): 1947-1970
Language: English; French
Size and medium: 2 boxes; 1 volume
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/505145
Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections
Description
Collection of (original, photocopies and transcriptions) press cuttings mainly referencing Gypsies and Travellers (Yorkshire and wider UK). Includes some references of European Roma. Collected and arranged by Robert Dawson.
Cuttings are mainly from local (Yorkshire) and national press. Each page includes name and date of publication from which the cutting is taken from.
Includes some extracts from "Romano Drom" [Gypsy Council publication] in English and French.
Biography or history
The cuttings provide a record of reports in the national and Yorkshire Press from around the time of the introduction of the Caravan Sites Act (1968). The stationary used to mount and collate many of these cutting have reference to "West Yorkshire Constabulary," [e.g. letterheads] - suggesting it was at this time that Dawson was perhaps working as a specialist crime reporter.
Provenance
Originally part of the Romany(2) Collection - all items have the Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Romany Collection bokplate attached.
System of arrangement
These are subdivided into an album and multiple folders with a single page number sequence that runs throughout the collection (as per original order). Each section [folder]is mainly in chronological order.
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
This material is not subject to restrictions under Data Protection or other relevant legislation that might limit access. However, other protections, such as donor conditions or conservation considerations, may still apply where advised.
This material is in copyright. Photocopies or digital images can be supplied by the Library for research or private study. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available on tracing copyright status and ownership.