Collectie GB 0074 O/259 - RIDGE, ALAN D.

0.15 linear metres.

GB 0074 O/259 1957-1967 Collection 0.15 linear metres. Ridge , Alan D , 1926-1997 , archivist

Alan Ridge (1926-1997) was born in Brighton and attended the University of London, studying history and archives administration. He worked at the London County Council Archives and as Head of the Records and Registry Service of the National Coal Board.

In 1962 Ridge moved to Canada to establish the archival course at McGill University. He became Provincial Archivist of Alberta in 1968, serving for 16 years. He participated in many professional associations, including the Association of Canadian Archivists, the Alberta Society of Archivists, and the Historical Society of Alberta. In 1985 he was invested in the Order of Canada.

He died in 1997 and is commemorated in the Alan Ridge Publications Award of the Association of Canadian Archivists.

Information from the Association of Canadian Archivists at http://archivists.ca/content/aca-award-recipient-biographies [accessed Sep 2011].

Gifted to the Archive in March 1968.

Papers of Alan Ridge, comprising correspondence and notes for 'All at sea', his paper on baptisms at sea and St Dunstan, Stepney, from Archives, Vol.VI, No.32, Oct. 1964; correspondence and notes for 'A light in the West Indies, 1810', his paper on William Consett Wright, and the Wright family of Wellclose Square, Stepney, from Carribean Studies, Vol.6, No.4, Jan. 1967 and Vol.7, No.1, Apr. 1967 and papers regarding the winding-up of the London Survey Committee, 1963-1967.

Papers organised in chronological order.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For further information on Alan Ridge, see David Leonard, "Alan Ridge, 1926-1997," ASA Newsletter 17.3 (December 1997): 1.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Gifted to the Archive in March 1968.

Papers of Alan Ridge, comprising correspondence and notes for 'All at sea', his paper on baptisms at sea and St Dunstan, Stepney, from Archives, Vol.VI, No.32, Oct. 1964; correspondence and notes for 'A light in the West Indies, 1810', his paper on William Consett Wright, and the Wright family of Wellclose Square, Stepney, from Carribean Studies, Vol.6, No.4, Jan. 1967 and Vol.7, No.1, Apr. 1967 and papers regarding the winding-up of the London Survey Committee, 1963-1967.

Papers organised in chronological order.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

• Engels

• Latijn

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• Engels