Catalogue

Correspondence of Professor Paul Harvey concerning the formation of a working party, later committee, to resume work on the Victoria County History of Durham, 6 February 1990 - 28 October 1993

Correspondence between Professor Paul Harvey and Christopher Elrington, general editor of the Victoria History of the Counties of England, concerning the resumption of work on the Victoria County History of Durham: timescale; number of volumes; formation of local committee and trust; campaign launch; subscriptions; and the annual V.C.H. conference, 16 February 1990 - 7 June 1993

Correspondence of Professor Paul Harvey with local authorities concerning the resumption of work on the Victoria County History of Durham: grants; formation of a trust; charitable status, 20 June 1990 - 26 October 1993

Correspondence of Professor Paul Harvey concerning the foundation of a charitable trust to collect funds to resume work on the Victoria County History of Durham, including a meeting to seek interest and appeals for support and subscriptions, 9 November 1990 - September 1993

Correspondence of Professor Paul Harvey with Cheshire County Council and the Dorset County Archivist concerning work on the Victoria County Histories for Cheshire and Dorset, 5 February 1992 - 21 May 1993

Correspondence of Professor Paul Harvey concerning fund raising, including subscriptions and Heritage Lottery Fund bid, 24 February 1993 - 11 April 1999

Letter from Professor R.F. Frame, Department of History, University of Durham, to Paul Harvey concerning accommodation for V.C.H. employees, 1 June 1993

Correspondence between Professor Paul Harvey and the Local Government Commission for England concerning provision of archives services for County Durham and Darlington, 21 - 28 July 1993

Correspondence of Professor Paul Harvey concerning the foundation of the North-East England History Institute and its involvement with the Victoria County History of Durham, 18 May 1994 - 26 March 1997

Correspondence of Professor Paul Harvey concerning the newsletter of the Durham Victoria County History Trust, 27 November 1994 - 3 October 1997

Correspondence of Professor Paul Harvey concerning a pilot study for the proposed Darlington volume, carried out by Michael Greenslade, 16 February 1996 - 16 January 1997

Letter from 'Brian', Hereford to Paul Harvey concerning plans to launch a V.C.H. Herefordshire Trust, and asking for his advice, 29 October 1996

Correspondence of Professor Paul Harvey concerning the appointment of an editor, 28 November 1996 - 31 August 1999

Correspondence between Professor Paul Harvey, Alan Thacker, Deputy General Editor of the V.C.H., and Tony Pollard, North-East England History Institute, concerning the way forward for V.C.H. Durham and an application for inclusion in the national pilot study to test widening access by the use of I.C.T., 10 February - 5 April 1999

Trust annual income and expenditure accounts, 31 January 1993 - 31 January 1997

Newspaper cuttings and articles concerning the work of the V.C.H. nationally, 21 April 1989 - 23 September 1996

Newspaper cuttings and articles concerning the resumption of work on the V.C.H. Durham, 20 May 1991 - 14 November 1997

Memorandum by the editor of the Victoria County History on the Roman antiquities of the six Northern counties, 8 May 1975

Map of English counties, showing progress of the Victoria County History to 1992

Correspondence concerning the General Editor and the Central Committee of the V.C.H., 10 January 2000 - 19 December 2003

Chairman's reports and general correspondence, 28 June 2000 - 5 July 2000

Membership, minutes and correspondence of the committee, 30 November 1999 - 14 May 2003

Correspondence of the Research and Development Officer, concerning sponsors, 26 June 1997 - 26 February 2004

Correspondence between Professor Paul Harvey, the subscribers and the membership secretary, May 1999 - 19 November 2004

Correspondence concerning the annual meeting of subscribers, 20 September 1999 - 10 December 2003

Correspondence concerning the Assistant County Editor, 24 May 1999 - 3 April 2002

Correspondence concerning the County Editor, 26 May 1999 - 10 December 2004

Correspondence between Professor Paul Harvey and universities, 21 July 1997 - 20 October 2004

Correspondence between Professor Paul Harvey and the patrons, 15 June 1991 - 8 January 2004

Financial statements and correspondence regarding finance, 31 January 1999 - 26 August 2004 (33 papers)

Minutes of committee meetings, 19 March 1991 - 19 June 2002

Minutes of a general meeting, 24 October 1998

Minutes of Advisory Board meetings, 4 November 1999 - 30 October 2001

Minutes of trustees' meeting, 2 December 1999

Minutes of User Group meetings, 1 November 2000 - 2 May 2001

Notes of meetings between Dr. Christine Newman, Dr. Gill Cookson, Dr. Alan Thacker, Professor Anthony Fletcher and Professor Ronald Michie, concerning the relationship between the Durham Victoria County History and the History Department of the University of Durham, 6 July - 30 October 2001

Correspondence of John Smith with Professor Paul Harvey and Enid Hart, concerning resumption of work on the Durham V.C.H., a general meeting to raise interest and subscriptions, 1991

Correspondence of John Smith with Professor Paul Harvey, committee members, and Sir Christopher Elrington, general editor of the Victoria History, concerning subscriptions, charitable trust status and newspaper cuttings, 1992

Correspondence of John Smith with Professor Paul Harvey, committee members, Durham County Council, and prospective mailshot companies, concerning funding and charitable trust status, 1993

Correspondence of John Smith with Professor Paul Harvey and committee members, concerning fundraising, including using Elizabeth Anderson & Associates as a fundraising consultant, 1994

Correspondence of John Smith with Professor Paul Harvey, committee members, the Victoria History and the Charity Commission, concerning subscriptions, meetings, the V.C.H. conference and the North-East England History Institute, 1995

Correspondence of John Smith with Professor Paul Harvey, committee members, Michael Greenslade, and those invited to a day school on the History of Darlington, concerning publicity for the Durham V.C.H., the pilot study for the proposed Darlington volume and Professor Christopher Elrington's 'Hike for History', 1996

Correspondence of John Smith with Professor Paul Harvey, Michael Greenslade, Durham County Council, the Charity Commission, committee members, and the Victoria History, concerning the pilot study for the Darlington volume, fundraising, including a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund, the V.C.H. conference and members, 1997

Correspondence of John Smith with Professor Paul Harvey and committee members, concerning Sunderland Local History Week, and the Charity Commission return, 1998

Correspondence of John Smith with Professor Paul Harvey, the University of Teesside, the Victoria History of the Counties of England, Dr. Gill Cookson and committee members, concerning a Heritage Lottery Fund bid, the appointment of an editor, the proposed Darlington volume and a Darlington History Day, 1999

Correspondence of John Smith with Professor Paul Harvey, Dr. Gill Cookson, Victoria History of the Counties of England and committee members, concerning the House of Lords discussion of the V.C.H., funding, including the Heritage Lottery Fund, reports from the editor and appointment of an assistant editor, 2000

Correspondence of John Smith with Professor Paul Harvey, the Victoria History of the Counties of England, and Dr. Gill Cookson, concerning the V.C.H. User Group and editor's reports, 2001

Correspondence of John Smith with Professor Paul Harvey and committee members, concerning investments, meetings and patrons, 2002

Durham V.C.H. Newsletter, number 1, Spring 1993

Durham V.C.H. Newsletter, number 3, Spring 1996

Durham V.C.H. Newsletter, number 4, Autumn 1997

Durham V.C.H. Newsletter, number 5, Autumn 1998

Durham V.C.H. Newsletter, number 6, Winter 2000

Durham V.C.H. Newsletter, number 7, December 2000

Durham V.C.H. Newsletter, number 8, Winter 2001

2000 (1) The University of Teesside (2) The Trustees of the Durham Victoria County History Trust (3) The University of London Institute of Historical Research Project agreement to appoint a County Editor

List of sponsors, 2000

List of subscribers and donors, 2001

Publicity leaflets for the Victoria County History of Durham, appealing for subscriptions, 2000

Newspaper cutting, obituary of Professor R.B. Pugh, editor of the V.C.H. 1949 - 1977, 6 December 1982

Newspaper cutting, containing letters to The Times Literary Supplement , concerning the publication of volume 11 of the Victoria County History of Shropshire, 19 September 1986

Newspaper cutting, from The Times , containing an article by Philip Howard, concerning the publication of the 200th volume of the Victoria History of the Counties of England, volume 9 of the Victoria County History of Middlesex, 1 May 1989

Victoria History of the Counties of England, Transforming the V.C.H. 2001 -9 , a paper outlining the vision for the V.C.H. nationally, 2001 (20 papers)

Minutes of committee meeting, 16 October 2002, signed with handwritten corrections

Minutes of committee meetings, 20th January - 3 November 2003, signed with handwritten corrections

Minutes of committee meetings, 9 February - 13 September 2004, signed with handwritten corrections

Minutes of committee meetings, 28 February - 15 December 2005, signed with handwritten corrections

Minutes of committee meetings, 20 March - 25 September 2006, signed with handwritten corrections

Minutes of a committee meeting held on 22 January 2007, signed with handwritten corrections

Agenda for committee meeting, 30 March 2009, with minutes of previous meeting held 8 December 2008, signed with handwritten corrections; Treasurer's report and report regarding future strategy

Newsletter no. 10, January 2004

Newsletter no. 13, February 2007

Letter from R. J. B. Morris, Chief Executive, Durham City Council, to Peter Dawson, Chief Executive and Clerk, Durham County Council, asking for support in re-starting the V. C. H. in Durham, 30 November 1983

20 December 2016 (1) Teesside University, Borough Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA (2) The Durham County Victoria History Trust, The Secretary, Durham Victoria County History Trust, Palace Green Library, Durham DH1 3RN (3) The University of London, acting through the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, whose address is Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU Collaboration agreement between (1), (2) and (3) on a project entitled 'The History of North Teesdale'