Marc Fitch Fund
UK Philanthropy Archive
Marc Fitch Fund Archive
About the collection
The Marc Fitch Fund archive contains papers recording the activities of the Fund.
The collection includes:
- Administrative records relating to the operation of the Marc Fitch Fund
- Records relating to grant applications and funded projects
- A small number of publications.
- Meeting minutes of the Council of Management (1956 to 2009)
- Files relating to the Fund's relationship with the University of Leicester
About the Marc Fitch Fund
The Marc Fitch Fund is an educational charity established in 1956 by Marc Fitch (1908-1994) with a focus on providing small grants towards the costs of publishing scholarly work in the fields of history, archaeology, antiquarian studies and heritage. It is governed by a Council of Management who also serve as the charity’s trustees. From time to time the Fund considers applications for special projects, such as conservation, digitisation or cataloguing projects.
In 1975 the Leopard’s Head Press was established to publish the results of research projects that were financed by the Marc Fitch Fund.