A NOTE On ARCHIVES anD SOURCES Like many historians of the recent past, in this project I have struggled with the challenges of documenting events which are no longer ‘current’ yet have not yet properly been designated as ‘history’. This has meant cob- bling together a patchwork of sources, some of which are in conventional archives, but many more of which have been pulled together from librar- ies, second-hand bookshops, media databases and countless clippings passed to me by friends and colleagues. I am aware of much material which has been unavailable to me for one reason or another. For example, in the National Archives, MAFF Infestation Control Division records on badgers and bTB are extensive, but there is less material from Animal Health or the State Veterinary Service. As far as I can tell, some of this material has not yet been opened for public viewing, but according to some of my interviewees, other records were ‘thrown in the skip’ when many of MAFF’s regional offices were closed during the 1990s. The archives of the NFU from 1909 to 1946 are held at the Museum of English Rural Life, but I was unable to access their more recent records. While the RSPCA used to keep internal records, apparently they no longer employ an archi- vist: similarly the Wildlife Trust’s records are not centrally archived. It is almost certain that there are other sources which will throw new light on what I have just written: in my view this work has just scratched the sur- face. I look forward to being challenged! © The Author(s) 2019 295 A. Cassidy, Vermin, Victims and Disease, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19186-3 ARCHIVaL SOURCES USED anD DIRECTLY REFEREnCED In THIS VOLUME UK National Archives—Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries (and Food) UK National Archives—Nature Conservancy Council Zuckerman Archive, University of East Anglia © The Author(s) 2019 297 A. Cassidy, Vermin, Victims and Disease, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19186-3 OTHER ARCHIVES, LIBRaRIES anD COLLECTIOnS THaT HaVE BEEn USED In THIS RESEaRCH British Library RCVS Knowledge—Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Library London Zoological Society Library House of Commons Library and Hansard records © The Author(s) 2019 299 A. Cassidy, Vermin, Victims and Disease, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19186-3 InTERVIEWS anD ORaL HISTORY MaTERIaL Twenty-one single and group interviews were conducted by the author between 2011 and 2015. Interviewees included: retired MAFF veterinar- ians, scientists and officers; current Defra veterinarians, scientists and offi- cers; academic scientists; journalists; members of the ISG; and representatives of the NFU, Badger Trust, RSPCA, BVA and Secret World Wildlife Rescue. All the fieldwork was passed through ethical review at the relevant institutions: any quotations used are with the explicit permission of sources. Other Oral History Sources Overy, Caroline, and E. M. Tansey. A History of Bovine TB c.1965–c. 2000: The Transcript of a Witness Seminar held by the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, Queen Mary University of London, on 13 May 2014. London: Queen Mary University of London. British Library Oral History Collection. Somerset Archives—Home in Frome Community Oral Histories © The Author(s) 2019 301 A. 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