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Death

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

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"A Good Death" (1996), 1987 - 1994

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 1/3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

Including the Bethnal Green and Debden surveys.

Dates: 1987 - 1994
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Articles, 1991 - 2001

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 2/1/7
Scope and Contents Comprising: "SSRC Grants - the First Three Years", undated [1990]; "Slaves of Time", 1991; article on death for the "Encyclopedia of Time", 1992; "Open University Open About Death", 1993; introduction to "Innovations in Information", 1993; comment on the Commission on Social Justice, 1994; "Moral Intelligence", 1994; "The Significance of U3A", 1994; with Chelly Halsey, "Family and Community Socialism", 1995; " Why Where?", 1995; "Threatened Americanisation of Privatised Crematoria", 1995;...
Dates: 1991 - 2001
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Articles collected for an anthology, 1938-70

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 2/2/1
Scope and Contents Comprising: "Manpower in War", 1938; "Social Services in the Blitz" also known as "London Under Bombing", 1941; with Henry Bunbury, "Financial Mysticism", 1943; "Distribution of Income within the Family", 1952; with Ed Shils, "The Meaning of the Coronation", 1953; "The Role of the Extended Family in a Disaster", 1954; with Peter Willmott, "Social Grading by Manual Workers", undated; with John Gibson, "In Search of Explanation of Social Mobility", 1963; with Bernard Benjamin and Chris Wallis,...
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Correspondence about the National Funerals College, 1992 - 2001

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 6/49
Scope and Contents

The National Funerals College researches and advises on improvements in funeral practice.

Dates: 1992 - 2001
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Correspondence and papers about the mortality of widowers, 1959 - 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 1/6/1
Scope and Contents

Including drafts of the following articles: Michael Young and Chris Wallis, "Recent Bereavement and the Mortality of Widowers" and Michael Young, Bernard Benjamin, Ernest Gruenberg and Chris Wallis, "Death as an Influence upon Death - an Enquiry into the Mortality of Widowers".

Dates: 1959 - 1963
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Correspondence with the Natural Death Centre, 1990 - 1996

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 6/50
Scope and Contents

The Natural Death Centre aims to help people arrange inexpensive, environmentally friendly funerals.

Dates: 1990 - 1996
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Lectures, 1990

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 3/1/3
Scope and Contents Comprising: "Death and Modern Culture", given at the University of California, Santa Barbara, 25 February 1990; "The Future of Education", Dartington Annual Lecture, 22 June 1990; "Buddhist Attitude to Death", a response to a talk given by Stephen Batchelor to the Buddhist Hospice Trust, 15 July 1990; "Liberating the Old and the Young: the case for an ageless society", Presidential Address to the British Association, 23 August 1990; and "The Future of the Family", ESRC Annual Lecture, 6...
Dates: 1990
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Lectures, 1991 - 1996

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 3/1/4
Scope and Contents Comprising: a talk given at the Natural Death Centre, 4 December 1991; "Change, British Society and the Family", given at a seminar of the National Education Commission, 4 April 1992; "The Relevance of Community", given at the Funerals Conference, Oxford, 18 April 1993; "An International Perspective", given at the Conference on Materials Production, Pietermaritzburg, 9 September 1993; "The Prospects for Open Learning", given to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Open University, 15 April...
Dates: 1991 - 1996
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Papers about Sasha Moorsom Young's death, 1993

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 7/14
Scope and Contents

Comprising an order of service for her funeral, an obituary notice by Thom Gunn, and press cuttings.

Dates: 1993
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Papers: death of Lord Esher, 1930-01 - 1930-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ESHR 20
Scope and Contents

Printed obituaries and letters of sympathy to Eleanor, Lady Esher and 3rd Lord Esher.

Dates: 1930-01 - 1930-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.