Family of John and Pat Hume ask Derry & Strabane Council to manage parents’ archive
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During an annual Museum Service report to members, at a Business and Culture Committee meeting on Tuesday, Head of Culture, Aeidin McCarter, said the service had “recently been approached by the family of John and Pat Hume with a request to professionally manage and care for their parents’ archive”. Ms McCarter added: “The collection consists of papers and a small number of key artefacts associated with John and Pat Hume. “It is proposed to bring the collection formally into the Museum Service...

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