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A.P. YOUNG PAPERS
Catalogue reference: MSS.242
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MSS.242
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Title (The name of the record)
- A.P. YOUNG PAPERS
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Warwick University: Modern Records Centre
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Young, Arthur Primrose, 1885 - 1977</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 22 series
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The Centre's thanks are due to the Young family for kindly depositing A. P. Young's papers in the Centre.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Arthur Primrose Young OBE (1885-1977) was associated throughout his working life with British Thomson-Houston, the electrical equipment manufacturers of Coventry and Rugby, from which concern he retired as Works Manager in 1945. Outside the firm he played an important part in the professional development of works management, as a Christian in industry, in educational affairs, and briefly on the international scene through his contacts with a conservative opponent to Hitler, Dr Carl Goerdeler.
The author of one unpublished and two published autobiographies, numerous articles and speeches, the subject of media and research attention, Young used and reused his papers to such an extent that they were in considerable disorder when received. Major reorganisation on a subject and correspondent basis was deemed necessary, a number of apparently original files being retained in the process.
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A.P. YOUNG PAPERS