In this episode of Completely Shelfless, Jude is delving into the University Archive with Ruth and Matthew, finding out about the different exhibitions and collections that you can explore, and how the Archive helped the university celebrate our 50th birthday!

Listen out for some voices from the past as well – we’ve included four audio extracts from the archive for you to enjoy. 

Resources mentioned and archive clips used in the episode:

How to contact the University Archive

Clip at 8.08: Extract from Geoffrey Crowther’s inaugural speech where he gave the mission of the OU in 1969.

Clip at 9.29: Extract of an interview with Steven Rose, who was appointed to the professorship of biology at the newly instituted Open University in 1969. This clip is from his OU oral history interview talking about research at the OU

Clip at 13.19 : Extract of Jennie Lee appearing on an OU Open Forum programme talking about books from her childhood.

Clip at 14.57 : short extract from an Open Forum radio programme, first broadcast in December 1972.

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