Comments for Voluntary Action History Society http://www.vahs.org.uk for the history of charity, philanthropy and voluntary organisations Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:46:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How New is the New Philanthropy? by Liberty Hearne http://www.vahs.org.uk/2011/12/philanthropy-cunningham/#comment-2293 Liberty Hearne Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:46:09 +0000 http://www.vahs.org.uk/?p=1202#comment-2293 I really enjoyed reading this. Thomas Guthrie is my Great Great Great Grandfather I really enjoyed reading this.
Thomas Guthrie is my Great Great Great Grandfather

]]> Comment on Occupy Oral History: Documenting History in the Making by mark anderson http://www.vahs.org.uk/2012/01/occupyoralhistory/#comment-2169 mark anderson Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:07:59 +0000 http://www.vahs.org.uk/?p=1706#comment-2169 Have been here my whole life..I know the way we r here..not ALL pain..everyone has different hurts..the 99% in detroit know it..live it..have been since the beat down we have gotten for 20yrs..all ages..genders..races..etc..are here..with love & peace..hippie in da D Have been here my whole life..I know the way we r here..not ALL pain..everyone has different hurts..the 99% in detroit know it..live it..have been since the beat down we have gotten for 20yrs..all ages..genders..races..etc..are here..with love & peace..hippie in da D

]]> Comment on Transnational Histories of Voluntary Action by Dominique Marshall http://www.vahs.org.uk/2012/01/transnational-gosling-oppenheimer/#comment-1845 Dominique Marshall Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:43:13 +0000 http://www.vahs.org.uk/?p=1551#comment-1845 Our department of History of Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada, is welcoming French historian of transnationalism, Pierre-Yves Saunier, for two weeks. Two public events are about transnational histories of charity. All are welcome. Please write back to me for more information. Colloquium on the Transnational History of Nursing, Friday March 23, Arts Faculty Lounge, DT 2017AM: Lunch PM: 'Nursing history: frontier and beyond' - Sonya Grypma, School of Nursing, History, Trinity Western University, “China mishkids: Women between worlds.” B.B. http://twu.ca/academics/faculty/profiles/grypma-sonya.html -Myra Rutherdale, History, York University "Nursing In Canada's North: Expectations, Experiences and Adventures, 1940-1970" -PY Saunier, 'Nurse around the world: an introduction to nursing connections, circulations, relations and formations in the last 200 years ' -Moderator: Susanne Klausen, Professor, Carleton University, President of the Canadian Association for the History of Medicine Thursday March 29, 6:30-9:15 Mayfair Cinema, Bank Street 'The humanitarians: a (very) short history in two documentary films' -Humanitarian Citadel, 2008, by Frederic Gonseth, 96 min. The International Committee of the Red Cross sent dozens of delegates to Yemen during the Civil War that ranged in the 1960s. It turned out to be one of the most dramatic and effective action mounted by the ICRC, at a time when it was still the major player on the humanitarian scene. This history is told through the eyes of André Rochat, a maverick delegate of the ICRC who left his mark on this Yemeni adventure. http://www.citadellehumanitaire.ch/english/index_f.html - The fight against typhus. The work of the International Red Cross Committee in Poland, International Committee of the Red Cross, 20 minutes, 1922 (with English subtitles) This film is among the earliest that were made to support the work of a humanitarian organisation. It is part of a series that deal with problems that plagued Europe at the end of WW1: repatriating prisoners of war, fighting epidemics, caring for refugees, looking after children. This film and others were restored between 1995 and 2001 with the support of the Memoriav, association for the preservation of the audiovisual heritage of Switzerland. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/634jr7.htm Sponsored by the History Undergraduate Students Society (Mattea Chadwick, mmchadwi connect.carleton ca) Our department of History of Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada, is welcoming French historian of transnationalism, Pierre-Yves Saunier, for two weeks. Two public events are about transnational histories of charity. All are welcome. Please write back to me for more information.

Colloquium on the Transnational History of Nursing, Friday March 23, Arts Faculty Lounge, DT 2017AM:
Lunch
PM: ‘Nursing history: frontier and beyond’
- Sonya Grypma, School of Nursing, History, Trinity Western University, “China mishkids: Women between worlds.” B.B. http://twu.ca/academics/faculty/profiles/grypma-sonya.html
-Myra Rutherdale, History, York University “Nursing In Canada’s North: Expectations, Experiences and Adventures, 1940-1970″
-PY Saunier, ‘Nurse around the world: an introduction to nursing connections, circulations, relations and formations in the last 200 years ‘
-Moderator: Susanne Klausen, Professor, Carleton University, President of the Canadian Association for the History of Medicine

Thursday March 29, 6:30-9:15 Mayfair Cinema, Bank Street
‘The humanitarians: a (very) short history in two documentary films’
-Humanitarian Citadel, 2008, by Frederic Gonseth, 96 min. The International Committee of the Red Cross sent dozens of delegates to Yemen during the Civil War that ranged in the 1960s. It turned out to be one of the most dramatic and effective action mounted by the ICRC, at a time when it was still the major player on the humanitarian scene. This history is told through the eyes of André Rochat, a maverick delegate of the ICRC who left his mark on this Yemeni adventure. http://www.citadellehumanitaire.ch/english/index_f.html
- The fight against typhus. The work of the International Red Cross Committee in Poland, International Committee of the Red Cross, 20 minutes, 1922 (with English subtitles)
This film is among the earliest that were made to support the work of a humanitarian organisation. It is part of a series that deal with problems that plagued Europe at the end of WW1: repatriating prisoners of war, fighting epidemics, caring for refugees, looking after children. This film and others were restored between 1995 and 2001 with the support of the Memoriav, association for the preservation of the audiovisual heritage of Switzerland.
http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/634jr7.htm
Sponsored by the History Undergraduate Students Society (Mattea Chadwick, mmchadwi connect.carleton ca)

]]> Comment on In Darkest London: Investigating Destitution in the 1920s by Dr Kirsten Jarrett http://www.vahs.org.uk/2012/01/chesterton-jarrett/#comment-1788 Dr Kirsten Jarrett Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:48:22 +0000 http://www.vahs.org.uk/?p=1624#comment-1788 @ Dr Summers, Thank you for your question. My comment ‘lack of femininity’ relates to the impression that I gained from Ker’s 'G. K. Chesterton. A biography' (2011), regarding the author’s characterisation of Ada Chesterton. Within this work, Ada Chesterton is contrasted to G.K.'s wife, Frances. Ker describes Ada as “A veteran of Fleet Street, who drank in its taverns like any man, she could hardly have been more unlike Frances” (ibid. 79). He again states, “‘Keith’ Jones herself, though a woman, joined in the drinking of her fellow male journalists” (ibid. 97). Ker’s continued reference to Ada throughout the book by her nickname ‘Keith’ – used amongst friends and derived from her pseudonym of J. K. Prothero (ibid. 79) - may merely represent an attempt to speak of Chesterton family members in familiar terms. But I came away with the notion that Ada’s apparently forceful nature (which is also perceptible within In Darkest London and other works) was to some degree presented in the light of her ‘masculine’ behaviour within the predominantly male field of journalism (as it might have been perceived at the time). I need to further engage with contemporaneous sources to understand how, during this time, women (of a character that today might be tactfully labelled as ‘strong’) were seen and portrayed, and whether political discourse attempted to ‘masculinise’ such women - particularly those who called for equality; I'd welcome suggestions of useful sources from anyone who could point me in the right direction. Within In Darkest London, Ada Chesterton clearly advocates equal access to welfare support; but, despite speaking in terms of a sisterhood, e.g. “it will take much to convince me that among the twenty million women in this country, there cannot be found enough to join with me in easing the burden of our sisters” (p. 255), her suggestions that strategies adopted by political campaigns for equality were misplaced may indicate her distance from the suffrage movement – if anyone knows of any evidence to the contrary, I’d also be interested in this. @ Dr Summers,
Thank you for your question. My comment ‘lack of femininity’ relates to the impression that I gained from Ker’s ‘G. K. Chesterton. A biography’ (2011), regarding the author’s characterisation of Ada Chesterton. Within this work, Ada Chesterton is contrasted to G.K.’s wife, Frances. Ker describes Ada as “A veteran of Fleet Street, who drank in its taverns like any man, she could hardly have been more unlike Frances” (ibid. 79). He again states, “‘Keith’ Jones herself, though a woman, joined in the drinking of her fellow male journalists” (ibid. 97). Ker’s continued reference to Ada throughout the book by her nickname ‘Keith’ – used amongst friends and derived from her pseudonym of J. K. Prothero (ibid. 79) – may merely represent an attempt to speak of Chesterton family members in familiar terms. But I came away with the notion that Ada’s apparently forceful nature (which is also perceptible within In Darkest London and other works) was to some degree presented in the light of her ‘masculine’ behaviour within the predominantly male field of journalism (as it might have been perceived at the time).
I need to further engage with contemporaneous sources to understand how, during this time, women (of a character that today might be tactfully labelled as ‘strong’) were seen and portrayed, and whether political discourse attempted to ‘masculinise’ such women – particularly those who called for equality; I’d welcome suggestions of useful sources from anyone who could point me in the right direction. Within In Darkest London, Ada Chesterton clearly advocates equal access to welfare support; but, despite speaking in terms of a sisterhood, e.g. “it will take much to convince me that among the twenty million women in this country, there cannot be found enough to join with me in easing the burden of our sisters” (p. 255), her suggestions that strategies adopted by political campaigns for equality were misplaced may indicate her distance from the suffrage movement – if anyone knows of any evidence to the contrary, I’d also be interested in this.

]]> Comment on In Darkest London: Investigating Destitution in the 1920s by Dr A Summers http://www.vahs.org.uk/2012/01/chesterton-jarrett/#comment-1782 Dr A Summers Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:31:03 +0000 http://www.vahs.org.uk/?p=1624#comment-1782 What does/did the comment 'lack of femininity' mean, as applied to Ada Chesterton? What does/did the comment ‘lack of femininity’ mean, as applied to Ada Chesterton?

]]> Comment on Healthcare, voluntarism and the state in twentieth-century Ireland and Britain by gcgosling http://www.vahs.org.uk/2011/09/healthcare-voluntarism-and-the-state-in-twentieth-century-ireland-and-britain/#comment-1476 gcgosling Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:52:05 +0000 http://www.vahs.org.uk/?p=564#comment-1476 Hi John, Sounds like you're doing some interesting work yourself - if rather different from mine. I don't spend much time in Oxford or around Brookes anymore, I'm afraid. But feel free to drop me an email. You'll find my email address on this page: http://www.vahs.org.uk/blog/about/ Best, George. Hi John,

Sounds like you’re doing some interesting work yourself – if rather different from mine. I don’t spend much time in Oxford or around Brookes anymore, I’m afraid. But feel free to drop me an email. You’ll find my email address on this page: http://www.vahs.org.uk/blog/about/

Best,
George.

]]> Comment on Healthcare, voluntarism and the state in twentieth-century Ireland and Britain by John Okumu http://www.vahs.org.uk/2011/09/healthcare-voluntarism-and-the-state-in-twentieth-century-ireland-and-britain/#comment-1392 John Okumu Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:16:49 +0000 http://www.vahs.org.uk/?p=564#comment-1392 I am so thrilled by what u posted here particularly Voluntarism and health care. I am trying to look at how voluntarism can supplement existing hygiene and sanitation practices to increase the general health of the people of Sub-Saharan Africa. Howevere sometime I get stuck and getting in touch with you can be a real resourse to me. In studying Public Health at Oxford Brookes University I am so thrilled by what u posted here particularly Voluntarism and health care. I am trying to look at how voluntarism can supplement existing hygiene and sanitation practices to increase the general health of the people of Sub-Saharan Africa. Howevere sometime I get stuck and getting in touch with you can be a real resourse to me.

In studying Public Health at Oxford Brookes University

]]> Comment on How New is the New Philanthropy? by Georgina Brewis http://www.vahs.org.uk/2011/12/philanthropy-cunningham/#comment-968 Georgina Brewis Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:04:19 +0000 http://www.vahs.org.uk/?p=1202#comment-968 Indeed, writing about some of the most exciting new developments in voluntary action at the end of the 19th century (meaning the university settlement movement) Walter Besant suggested ‘The note of the new philanthropy is personal service; not money; not a cheque…not money but yourselves’. Walter Besant, ‘On University Settlements’ in University and Social Settlements, ed. Will Reason (London: Methuen and Co, 1898), 4. Indeed, writing about some of the most exciting new developments in voluntary action at the end of the 19th century (meaning the university settlement movement) Walter Besant suggested ‘The note of the new philanthropy is personal service; not money; not a cheque…not money but yourselves’.

Walter Besant, ‘On University Settlements’ in University and Social Settlements, ed. Will Reason (London: Methuen and Co, 1898), 4.

]]> Comment on Business archives and voluntary action by Tosh Warwick http://www.vahs.org.uk/2011/08/business-archives-and-voluntary-action/#comment-65 Tosh Warwick Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:43:25 +0000 http://www.vahs.org.uk/?p=526#comment-65 Hi Kimberley That would be absolutely fantastic. Whilst on occasions I found that subscriptions and donations were indexed in several of the companies minute books, more often that not the companies did not bother. Similarly, the catalogue descriptions for these kind of items, given that they focus chiefly on business activities, tend not to mention company patronage and philanthropy so anything highlighting other potential uses would be great. Hi Kimberley

That would be absolutely fantastic. Whilst on occasions I found that subscriptions and donations were indexed in several of the companies minute books, more often that not the companies did not bother. Similarly, the catalogue descriptions for these kind of items, given that they focus chiefly on business activities, tend not to mention company patronage and philanthropy so anything highlighting other potential uses would be great.

]]> Comment on Business archives and voluntary action by Kimberley Benoy http://www.vahs.org.uk/2011/08/business-archives-and-voluntary-action/#comment-64 Kimberley Benoy Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:10:20 +0000 http://www.vahs.org.uk/?p=526#comment-64 I am currently working on an 18 month cataloguing project to list a chartered accountants papers and those of their clients. I have seen references to subscriptions being paid to local charitable organisations within some of these papers. I will make sure this is highlighted when I catalogue them to make them more usable for people interested in the links to the voluntary sector. I am currently working on an 18 month cataloguing project to list a chartered accountants papers and those of their clients. I have seen references to subscriptions being paid to local charitable organisations within some of these papers. I will make sure this is highlighted when I catalogue them to make them more usable for people interested in the links to the voluntary sector.

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