Alan Vince Archive

The Medieval Pottery Research Group, funded by English Heritage, undertook a comprehensive audit of the Alan Vince Archaeological Consultancy archive and made recommendations for the future security of the important elements of it. Dr. Vince's widow agreed to transfer title and copyright to the final curators of all the archive elements finally distributed as part of this project. Items were returned to individuals and institutions where appropriate. Archives lacking contact/commissioning information or belonging to commercial units which are no longer in existence were deposited with English Heritage. Thin section slides and off-cuts, ICPS powders and associated paperwork were deposited with the British Museum. Of the digital files, Alan's ceramic databases, reports and website were identified as critical items for archiving, including the AVAC ceramic catalogue, Ceramic Chemical Composition Database and his unpublished grey literature reports. These were submitted to ADS in January 2009.