Project Archivist (Patrick Duncan Archive)

Department The Borthwick Institute for Archives was founded in 1953, and became part of the University of York at its inception in 1963. Today, the Borthwick Institute holds over 780 archive collections, amounting to just over 950 cubic metres of archives. The Patrick Duncan Archive documents the life, career, networks and activism of Patrick Baker Duncan (1918-1967), a significant figure in the struggle against apartheid. It covers Duncan’s transition from a colonial official to committed acti…