The papers in this sub-collection are those retained by Gordon Tilsley after the formal establishment of UEA and both precede and complement the University records. Their present order has been determined largely by the use to which they were put when Mr Tilsley was preparing an account of the foundation of UEA at the request of Professor Jimmy Jones (the document in File UEA/TIL/11).
The files include minutes, memoranda, correspondence and MS notes.
Gordon Tilsley was Town Clerk of Norwich during the period in which UEA was established. He served as Secretary to the various groups and committees concerned with first promoting the case for the establishment of a new university, to be situated in East Anglia, and then setting up the new institution.
Provisional arrangement.
Files relating to University appointments are closed. Apart from this, the collection is open for consultation in the Archives Department during its advertised opening hours.
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Reproductions can be supplied in hard copy or digital format subject to physical condition and the terms of deposit. A charge is made for this service. Copyright restrictions may apply and the advice of the Archives department should be sought for any use of reproductions other than personal research.
The contents were deposited with the University of East Anglia by Gordon Tilsley in 1988.
