33:
163:. Kirk died in 1940 and Rodgers ran the museum as Deputy Curator during the Second World War. During this time she expanded the education offer and developed an interactive approach to the collections by allowing visitors to handle objects. In addition to her curatorial duties, Rodgers also served in the
186:
571:
177:
for
British museums to help replenish the lost collections of the Historical Museum of Kraków, damaged during the war, by donating duplicates. She became a Curator at the
371:
511:
229:
Rodgers and Kirk were both recreated by re-enactors on
Kirkgate, the reconstructed Victorian street, as part of the Castle Museum's 80th anniversary in 2018.
330:
196:
Rodgers tried to gain a visa from the Polish government to visit her family in
England from 1949, but this was only granted in 1955 after intervention from
576:
566:
561:
481:
207:
Rodgers returned to York permanently in 1960 where she remained for the rest of her life. Wladyslaw worked for the biology department of the
222:. On 28 August the President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Poland delivered a paper about her work in the central hall of the
173:
In June 1947 she married
Wladyslaw Włoch and left the museum for Poland. Immediately before her departure she made a plea in the
556:
193:
medal from the
Pharmaceutical Society of Poland for their dedication to the museum, which included a 'York apothecary shop'.
178:
546:
551:
156:
223:
182:
215:
190:
541:
536:
219:
185:
for her work. During her time in Poland, Violet and her husband
Wladyslaw also worked to improve the
164:
208:
160:
214:
Violet died at her home on
Fulford Road, York on 8 May 1978. A funeral service was held at
512:"CELEBRATING 80 YEARS OF YORK CASTLE MUSEUM – VIOLET RODGERS, OUR FIRST FEMALE CURATOR"
482:"The Castle Museum is 80 years old – and they're planning a brolly good birthday party"
376:
197:
122:
530:
331:"100 years after votes for women, these are the women who have helped change York..."
240:
The collection of costumes: a chat on the costume collection in the Castle Museum
170:
Rodgers was one of the first women to achieve the
Museums Association Diploma.
334:
201:
32:
56:
448:"Visit from Poland - Three months' holiday after five years of effort".
372:"Inside the Yorkshire museum founded on one man's obsessive collecting"
112:
247:
Valentines: a chat on the
Valentine collection in the Castle Museum
75:
358:
Museums in the Second World War: Curators, Culture and Change
147:(7 February 1914 – 8 May 1978) was a British museum curator.
433:"Yorkshire Woman Home - Eight Years Behind Iron Curtain".
204:. She returned for three months from August of that year.
218:
before she was buried on 12 May in the family grave at
399:Włoch, V. (1947). "Appeal to Help Polish Museums".
128:
118:
108:
103:
91:
83:
64:
42:
23:
420:News Sheet: Departmental News, University of York
307:"S P Violet Rodgers-Włoch BA, ur. 7.2.14 roku".
8:
324:
322:
320:
318:
272:
270:
31:
20:
572:Recipients of the Cross of Merit (Poland)
461:
459:
155:Rodgers came to York in 1938 to work for
37:Violet Rodgers, in the York Castle Museum
266:
292:"Castle Museum's First Curator Dies".
254:The development of domestic lighting.
7:
360:. Taylor & Francis. p. 18.
189:in Krakow - Wladyslaw received the
577:People of the Royal Observer Corps
422:. Vol. 140. 17 November 1978.
14:
567:Employees of York Castle Museum
311:(in Polish). No. 23. 1978.
277:"Notice: Włoch (Nee Rodgers)".
329:Lewis, S. (14 December 2018).
1:
562:British expatriates in Poland
437:. 13 August 1955. p. 3.
466:"Still fondly remembered".
356:Pearson, Catherine (2017).
179:Historical Museum of Kraków
134:Historical Museum of Kraków
593:
256:York, York Castle Museum.
249:. York, York Corporation.
242:. York, York Corporation.
138:
99:
30:
279:Yorkshire Evening Press
557:British women curators
16:British museum curator
183:Polish Cross of Merit
547:People from Bradford
514:. York Castle Museum
470:. 15 September 1978.
220:Undercliffe Cemetery
181:and was awarded the
167:throughout the war.
165:Royal Observer Corps
159:at the newly-opened
233:Select publications
224:Academy of Medicine
468:York Evening Press
435:York Evening Press
294:York Evening Press
216:St Wilfrid's, York
209:University of York
191:Ignacy Łukasiewicz
161:York Castle Museum
157:John Lamplugh Kirk
132:York Castle Museum
142:
141:
584:
552:British curators
523:
521:
519:
498:
497:
495:
493:
478:
472:
471:
463:
454:
453:
445:
439:
438:
430:
424:
423:
418:"Biology news".
415:
409:
408:
396:
390:
389:
387:
385:
368:
362:
361:
353:
347:
346:
344:
342:
326:
313:
312:
304:
298:
297:
289:
283:
282:
274:
145:Violet A Rodgers
71:
52:
50:
35:
21:
592:
591:
587:
586:
585:
583:
582:
581:
527:
526:
517:
515:
510:
507:
502:
501:
491:
489:
488:. 20 April 2018
480:
479:
475:
465:
464:
457:
452:. 15 July 1955.
447:
446:
442:
432:
431:
427:
417:
416:
412:
401:Museums Journal
398:
397:
393:
383:
381:
380:. 21 April 2018
370:
369:
365:
355:
354:
350:
340:
338:
328:
327:
316:
309:Przegląd Polski
306:
305:
301:
291:
290:
286:
276:
275:
268:
263:
235:
187:Pharmacy Museum
175:Museums Journal
153:
133:
79:
73:
69:
60:
54:
53:7 February 1914
48:
46:
38:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
590:
588:
580:
579:
574:
569:
564:
559:
554:
549:
544:
539:
529:
528:
525:
524:
506:
505:External links
503:
500:
499:
473:
455:
450:Yorkshire Post
440:
425:
410:
391:
377:Yorkshire Post
363:
348:
314:
299:
296:. 10 May 1978.
284:
281:. 11 May 1978.
265:
264:
262:
259:
258:
257:
250:
243:
234:
231:
198:Clement Attlee
152:
149:
140:
139:
136:
135:
130:
126:
125:
123:Social history
120:
119:Sub-discipline
116:
115:
110:
106:
105:
101:
100:
97:
96:
95:Museum curator
93:
89:
88:
85:
81:
80:
74:
72:(aged 64)
66:
62:
61:
55:
44:
40:
39:
36:
28:
27:
25:Violet Rodgers
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
589:
578:
575:
573:
570:
568:
565:
563:
560:
558:
555:
553:
550:
548:
545:
543:
540:
538:
535:
534:
532:
513:
509:
508:
504:
487:
483:
477:
474:
469:
462:
460:
456:
451:
444:
441:
436:
429:
426:
421:
414:
411:
406:
402:
395:
392:
379:
378:
373:
367:
364:
359:
352:
349:
337:
336:
332:
325:
323:
321:
319:
315:
310:
303:
300:
295:
288:
285:
280:
273:
271:
267:
260:
255:
251:
248:
244:
241:
237:
236:
232:
230:
227:
225:
221:
217:
212:
210:
205:
203:
199:
194:
192:
188:
184:
180:
176:
171:
168:
166:
162:
158:
150:
148:
146:
137:
131:
127:
124:
121:
117:
114:
111:
107:
104:Academic work
102:
98:
94:
90:
86:
82:
77:
67:
63:
58:
45:
41:
34:
29:
22:
19:
516:. Retrieved
490:. Retrieved
485:
476:
467:
449:
443:
434:
428:
419:
413:
404:
400:
394:
382:. Retrieved
375:
366:
357:
351:
339:. Retrieved
333:
308:
302:
293:
287:
278:
253:
246:
239:
228:
213:
206:
195:
174:
172:
169:
154:
144:
143:
129:Institutions
70:(1978-05-08)
18:
542:1978 deaths
537:1914 births
226:in Krakow.
84:Nationality
531:Categories
335:York Press
261:References
109:Discipline
92:Occupation
68:8 May 1978
49:1914-02-07
518:8 October
492:8 October
384:8 October
341:8 October
202:Roy Mason
151:Biography
78:, England
59:, England
486:York Mix
57:Bradford
113:History
87:British
252:1979.
245:1949.
238:1949.
520:2019
494:2019
386:2019
343:2019
200:and
76:York
65:Died
43:Born
533::
484:.
458:^
405:48
403:.
374:.
317:^
269:^
211:.
522:.
496:.
407:.
388:.
345:.
51:)
47:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
