This collection contains research files and publications around Dr Duncan Scott's 1972 PhD thesis, "A Political Sociology of Minorities - The Impact of Coloured Immigrants on Local Politics". These files include newspaper cuttings, political pamphlets and publicity material and transcriptions of interviews done with members of the local community from across the political and ethnic spectrum. Audio tapes were lost many years ago.
Scott, Duncan Archive
This material is held atHeritage Quay, University of Huddersfield
- Reference
- GB 1103 SCT
- Dates of Creation
- 1968-1975
- Physical Description
- 6 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Files constructed and maintained by the creator in order to facilitate his research. First batch of material acquired in 2014, a further accrual in 2016.
Access Information
Real names may require redaction before production in marked documents. Other files contain qualitiative interviews with names changed to pseudonyms, and may require inspection before production as sensitive files.
Conditions Governing Use
All lies with D Scott.
Appraisal Information
Some weeding and re-organisation done by the creator prior to deposit, so no further work necessary.
Custodial History
Maintain by the creator in personal filing system (key transferred)
Bibliography
For an article written on the collection see: Hopkinson, Joe (2016) A Sociological Tableau of Inter-Ethnic Relations In Huddersfield: The Duncan Scott Archive At Heritage Quay. Postgraduate Perspectives on the Past, 2 (1). pp. 25-36. ISSN 2397-6918 http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/28118/