JH/PUB/3/7 - [Barclays Bank dispute]

Reference code

JH/PUB/3/7

Level of description

Sub file

Title

[Barclays Bank dispute]

Date/s

1970-1971
1978-1979

Quantity & Format

80 items Mixed

Subject

Barclays Bank Limited
South Africa -- Race relations

Scope and content

Contains correspondence, press-cuttings, meeting minutes and agendas relating to the dispute over the Barclays Bank account which the University held. Anti-apartheid students objected to Barclays' South African connections. The decision by Council to open an alternative bank account, separate from their ordinary Barclays account into which these students could pay their dues, resulted in the resignation of the Earl of Cranbrook from the Council and the resignation of Professor Roy Campbell, Pro-Vice-Chancellor.

JH - Hill Papers
- JH/PUB - [Public life, non-political]
  - JH/PUB/3 - [University of East Anglia]
    - JH/PUB/3/7 - [Barclays Bank dispute]

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