Correspondence from various organisations concerning Take Root, other self-build projects, membership, building sites and available land and meeting arrangements. Also included is correspondence between Sue John, co-founder of Take Root, and the editor of the Evening Times concerning an article about Take Root, with John claiming the article is ‘badly written, but also factually wrong’.
Take RootCorrespondence to and from Take Root. This includes letters from Take Root promoting the project, organising meetings and training, and correspondence from members. Also included is correspondence to Take Root from students, concerning their dissertations, new membership queries and organisations wishing to work with the group.
Take RootCorrespondence from Scottish Homes, the National Housing Agency. This concerns self-build projects, guides to self-building, regulations and policies.
Take RootPhotographs and slides of construction work featuring Take Root members as well as other builders.
Take RootTyped and handwritten minutes and agendas from Take Root meetings.
Take RootSubseries of correspondence to and from Take Root. The series consist of correspondence to and from Take Root as well as Scottish Homes, Community Self-Build Scotland and other organisations. The correspondence concerns informing organisations about Take Root, self-building, invitations to events, organising training, workshops and meetings and various queries.
Take RootSubseries consists of Take Root and Molendinar Park Housing Association’s meeting papers. These include both handwritten and typed minutes with annotations.
Take RootNewspaper cuttings of Take Root features and articles. This includes cuttings from The Times, Evening Times, Daily Mail, The Sun, The Herald, Daily Record, The Glaswegian, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Herald, The Scotsman, The Guardian, and Scotland on Sunday.
Take RootSubseries of Take Root’s construction records. This includes construction plans and floorpans.
Take RootSeries contains meeting, construction and finance papers, correspondence and administration records. It also contains Molendinar Park Housing Association’s meeting papers as well as correspondence with Scottish Homes, Community Self-Build Scotland and other organisations.
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