A Place to Grow: Well-Being and Activism on Scottish Allotments, 1946-1970 (360G-Wellcome-210381_Z_18_Z)

I will use The Papers of Victor Webb, records from SAGS and the Scottish Allotment Scheme for the Unemployed, to investigate how allotments were threatened by post-war housing developments between 1946 and 1970. I will examine how the arguments SAGS put forward during their campaigns to protect allotments have shaped the society today. I will work closely with SAGS exploring how researching the past can directly impact their campaigns and activities. SAGS deposited The Papers with ASC and have continued to add to this material. It is known that other plotholders retain records and I will work with both SAGS and the archives to further acquisitions. My work could become an exemplar for how researchers can work with small voluntary organisations and their archives. Key goals: Use The Papers of Victor Webb to research the Scottish allotments movement from 1946-1970. A paper for the University of Glasgow Medical Humanities Research Centre. A paper for the Social History Society Conference, June 2018. An article for Wellcome Open Research. Contribute to ASC, providing information for the catalogue and advising on further acquisitions. An article for the Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage on how researchers and small voluntary organisations can work together.