Durham University Records: Colleges: Ustinov College

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Introduction

	Administrative history
	Contents
	Arrangement
	Related material - here
	Bibliography

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Catalogue

• Colleges
• Graduate Society/Ustinov College
• College Officers
• Principal
• Bursar
• Senior Tutor
• Academic
• Lectures
• Associations, Clubs and Societies
• Graduate Common Room
• Ustinov Arts Society
• Ustinov Intercultural Forum
• Ustinov/Grad Soc Association
• Photographs
• Buildings
• Publications
• Artefacts

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Administrative history

The Graduate Society was established in 1965 for the university's postgraduate community, providing a non-collegiate unit to give assistance with accommodation, and to provide centres where graduates could meet informally. There was no formal tutorial supervision. It had administrative offices at 34 Old Elvet, and common rooms and other facilities at 38 Old Elvet. Initially members lived in lodgings but accommodation began to be acquired and was mainly based at Parson's Field House and Shincliffe Hall, with married accommodation being developed at Kepier Court.
It was renamed Ustinov College in 2003 by and in honour of the then chancellor, Sir Peter Ustinov. The House Committee became in 2004 the Graduate Common Room to reflect the wider role of the student body in a 'college'. Ustinov College moved to newly built accommodation at Howlands Farm in 2005, with Dryburn Court, including Brackenbury and family accommodation at Keenan House, also being then opened on the Durham Hospital site. In 2006 the Ustinov Seminar was established and the first college formal dinner was held in the Howlands Building. The following year, the Ustinov Intercultural Forum was established, followed in 2008 by various cafe discussion groups, including the Cafe Politique, Scientifique and des Arts, being established. In 2009 the first college honours were awarded to mark significant contributions to the Ustinov community. Anniversaries were celebrated in 2010 (45 years of the Graduate Society), 2013 (10th anniversary of the renaming of Graduate Society as Ustinov College), and 2015 (college 50th jubilee). In 2017 the college moved from the Howlands Farm site to Sheraton Park (formerly Neville's Cross College).
Principals:
1965 William B. Fisher
1981 George Kohnstam
1986 M. Richardson
2003 Sue Scott
2005 Penny Wilson
2012 Maggie O'Neill
2014 Glenn McGregor
2019 Sarah Prescott (acting)

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Contents

College records reflect all aspects of the college's life and may include minutes of its governing body/council and other committees, registers and files of its students, administrative and financial papers of its officers such as the master/principal and bursar (including covering maintenance of the buildings), also minutes, accounts, photographs and ephemera of the running of the dining halls and chapels, of the common rooms (senior, middle and junior), and of the student sports clubs and societies, with also on occasion papers of some of the senior and/or junior members, and some artefacts, principally occasional items of clothing such as ties, blazers, tee-shirts or specific college memorabilia.

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Accession details

Material garnered at various times and from various sources since 2003.

Previous custodial history

Always held in the college, except for occasional items donated by usually college alumni

Conditions of access

There is restricted access to administrative records less than 30 years old, with some further restrictions, generally as noted, on records less than 80 years old where the Data Protection Act applies.

Copyright and copying

Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of Collections (email pg.library@durham.ac.uk) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material

Arrangement

College records are arranged as follows:
A Foundation
B Governance
C Administration
D Academic
E Clubs, Sports, Associations
F Photographs
G Publications and Ephemera
H Deposited/donated collections
I Artefacts
J Associated Trusts

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Appraisal

Some accessions are appraised on site before transfer, others are appraised when received at Palace Green Library. Clean duplicates are generally removed.

Accruals

Continuous further accruals are anticipated. In April 2004, a retention schedule and other records management procedures were developed for the university's records to facilitate the regular transfer of records from the university's departments and offices to the archive. This draft retention schedule was developed further on the appointment of the first university records manager in August 2006, revised in 2019..

Related material - here

Records about the college also appear in the central archive of the university, particularly UND/C including copies of the college's governing body/council minutes.

Bibliography

Allison Siegenthaler, 10 years of Ustinov College (Durham University, Ustinov College, [2013?])

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Catalogue

Colleges
Reference: UND/F