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Reports and College Activities A YEAR IN THE ARCHIVE This report really should be titled ‘Half a Year in the Archive’ as the Archive closed down entirely from April to September 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the main College site to close and I was put onto furlough. Michael Riordan Archivist This meant that, sadly, one of the projects I described in last year’s Record was unable to proceed. We planned to appoint an Assistant Archivist to allow us to re-catalogue the entire Archive. Obviously, this was impossible while I was furloughed, and even on my return the need for more flexibility in working from home would make it difficult to carry out a project where physical access to the records is essential. It also seems unwise to add an extra member of staff into the New Library, which already has five members of staff sharing office space. We hope it will be possible to start the project in 2021. We were, however, thankfully able to start our second project: the cleaning, repair and rehousing of the College’s medieval deeds. These had been kept since 1930 in the Bodleian and are now in the Historic Collections and Archive Store in the New Library. They have been kept in the same, rather decrepit, boxes since 1930 and are now being rehoused in specially designed envelopes and boxes which will ensure their long term preservation. So far 690 of them have been cleaned and rehoused; this is less than we hoped as the Oxford Conservation Consortium also had to close for three months due to the pandemic. However, work has begun again and a further 182 deeds are currently in the conservation studio. For the first half of the year the Archive’s normal activities continued, including an exhibition of documents showcasing the College’s relationship with the North. I also gave a talk on College history to Old Members at the Jubilee Matriculation Lunch and a (very wet and bedraggled) tour of the College for those attending the study day on the Chapel’s 300 th anniversary. Before we closed the doors there were 18 researchers who visited to carry out research in the Archive, and I answered a further 121 enquiries by email which included queries about Thomas Hardy, Reginald Jacques (whose ‘green’ book will be familiar to carol singers!) and the College’s cook in the 1820s who was running a hotel in Cheltenham on the side! 44 The Queen’s College | College Record 2020
Reports and College Activities A map of Wheldale, Yorkshire, 1769. The manor of Wheldale was given to the College by Lady Betty Hastings to fund the Hastings scholarships. College Record 2020 | The Queen’s College 45
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Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS From the Provost 6 Reports
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Page 19 and 20: Bernhard Kasberger (Economics) This
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Page 25 and 26: Alex Robertson (Materials) I’m no
Page 27 and 28: In January I gave a plenary outreac
Page 29 and 30: ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS (* denotes di
Page 31 and 32: FINAL PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS Biologica
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Page 41 and 42: ADMISSIONS Jon Doye Tutor for Admis
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Page 63 and 64: A YEAR IN THE MCR President Nadia H
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Page 73 and 74: QCAFC Captain: Matt Suter Following
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The Network’s first online event
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1977 Giles Orton Appointed Priest-i
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PUBLICATIONS Bettison, Norman (1983
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Teague, Anthony known as Brother An
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Comparative Literature at Columbia
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Bridging the gap between science an
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Years Name Subject 1965-1966 Robert
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College Servants and Vacation Emplo
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paid a small retaining wage, some o
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1967 Dr B P Gardner 1968 Dr D M Lit
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of 1952. On retirement to the Engad
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introduced the notion of ‘disrupt
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The dedication he showed to his wif
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insect, a study which resulted in a
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JOHN GRAY John Michael Campbell Gra
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Martin was unusual in his sense of
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KEITH MASLIN Dr Keith Thomas Maslin
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As a tutor at Queen’s, McGuinness
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Not one for a small town existence,
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DICK STEWART Richard E. Stewart die
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PIETER ZWART Pieter loved his time
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Old Members Anonymous x23 Prof Geof
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