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Date(s)
- 2017 - 2019 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
12 digital audio recordings + 16 digital transcripts
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Jois Stansfield is emeritus professor of speech pathology at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has a long-standing collaboration with Dr Linda Armstrong on the history of speech therapy and has also written on learning disability, disorders of fluency and professional education.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Oral history project carried out by Jois Stansfield for MSc Health History at University of Strathclyde.
This is believed to be the first oral history of speech and language therapy in the UK. Early members of the speech and language therapy profession were recruited from retirement networks and via the professional body, the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Interviews were held across England and Scotland, taking a life-story approach with each participant. Personal testimony, previously unheard, from these pioneers of the profession demonstrates the degree to which these women were products of their age, class and gender and the individual ways in which they negotiated challenges in their personal and professional lives.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some access restrictions, in order to comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 1998, and the wishes of the participants. See catalogue descriptions of individual interviews for details.
Conditions governing reproduction
Several of the interviews may not be reproduced. Where this is the case, it is noted at the appropriate point in the catalogue.
Language of material
- English