Joan Collier Sinar, later Ferguson, FRHistS (1 May 1925 18 January
2015) was an English archivist who set up the county record offices
for Devon and Derbyshire.Sinar was born in Leigh, Lancashire, the
daughter of Frank Sinar, a mining surveyor, and his wife Ruth, ne
Collier. She was educated at Leigh Girls' Grammar School and at
Somerville College, Oxford University, where she studied Modern
History. At Somerville she was a contemporary and friend of Margaret
Roberts (later Thatcher). She graduated in 1946, and went on to study
for an MA at the University of Manchester, awarded in 1949.Sinar was
born in Leigh, Lancashire, the daughter of Frank Sinar, a mining
surveyor, and his wife Ruth, ne Collier. She was educated at Leigh
Girls' Grammar School and at Somerville College, Oxford University,
where she studied Modern History. At Somerville she was a contemporary
and friend of Margaret Roberts (later Thatcher). She graduated in
1946, and went on to study for an MA at the University of Manchester,
awarded in 1949.She began work in 1948 as an assistant archivist at
Staffordshire Record Office (established a year earlier). In 1952 she
took up an appointment as Assistant Records Officer (effectively
county archivist) for Devon, where she established the Devon Record
Office. In 1962 she moved to Derbyshire to become County Archivist
there, and to establish the Derbyshire Record Office. She retired in
1988, shortly before the office moved into new premises.Throughout her
time in Derbyshire, Sinar was active in the work of the Derbyshire
Archaeological Society: she edited the Derbyshire Archaeological
Journal from 1970 to 1976, and Derbyshire Miscellany, the society's
local history magazine, from 1970 to 1982. In 1977, she became a
founding committee member of the Derbyshire Record Society. Following
her retirement, she helped establish the Derbyshire Historic Gardens
Trust in 1989.
2015) was an English archivist who set up the county record offices
for Devon and Derbyshire.Sinar was born in Leigh, Lancashire, the
daughter of Frank Sinar, a mining surveyor, and his wife Ruth, ne
Collier. She was educated at Leigh Girls' Grammar School and at
Somerville College, Oxford University, where she studied Modern
History. At Somerville she was a contemporary and friend of Margaret
Roberts (later Thatcher). She graduated in 1946, and went on to study
for an MA at the University of Manchester, awarded in 1949.Sinar was
born in Leigh, Lancashire, the daughter of Frank Sinar, a mining
surveyor, and his wife Ruth, ne Collier. She was educated at Leigh
Girls' Grammar School and at Somerville College, Oxford University,
where she studied Modern History. At Somerville she was a contemporary
and friend of Margaret Roberts (later Thatcher). She graduated in
1946, and went on to study for an MA at the University of Manchester,
awarded in 1949.She began work in 1948 as an assistant archivist at
Staffordshire Record Office (established a year earlier). In 1952 she
took up an appointment as Assistant Records Officer (effectively
county archivist) for Devon, where she established the Devon Record
Office. In 1962 she moved to Derbyshire to become County Archivist
there, and to establish the Derbyshire Record Office. She retired in
1988, shortly before the office moved into new premises.Throughout her
time in Derbyshire, Sinar was active in the work of the Derbyshire
Archaeological Society: she edited the Derbyshire Archaeological
Journal from 1970 to 1976, and Derbyshire Miscellany, the society's
local history magazine, from 1970 to 1982. In 1977, she became a
founding committee member of the Derbyshire Record Society. Following
her retirement, she helped establish the Derbyshire Historic Gardens
Trust in 1989.
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