The Pilgrim Trust and English Ecclesiastical Archives, 1930–C.1960
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21291873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Olney (RICHARD OLNEY is a retired archivist who formerly worked for the Historical Manuscripts Commission. This article is based principally on the archive of the Pilgrim Trust, which is available for consultation by students at the London Archives (LA), subject only to a 20-year access rule. He is grateful to the trust for this generous arrangement, and to the staff of LA for their unstinted help at a time of exceptional difficulty due to public health requirements. His warm thanks, too, to Ms Georgina Nayler, fo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-76 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archives The Journal of the British Records Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9535 • E-ISSN: 2516-8975 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/archives.2025.13 |
| OpenAlex | W7130560888 |
| Language | EN |
The records of the Pilgrim Trust, founded in 1930, are held at the London Archives. The trust’s activities have played a major role in the preservation of, and access to, English episcopal archives. This essay examines the crucial role of the Trust in the period immediately before and after the Second World War and its impact on the preservation of, and access to, English episcopal archives, and developments in the wider British archival world
First world war · Historical record · Period (music) · Pilgrim · Spanish Civil War · World War II · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Historical Architecture and Urbanism · Scottish History and National Identity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |