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Breed Club

Conserving The Past

The English Toy Terrier Club Archive

by Steve Inch

As the English Toy Terrier (ETT) is the oldest limiting access to those actually going to these
surviving native toy breed The English Toy events in person. The Archive consists of
Terrier (Black & Tan) Club has recognised the 9 a collection of original and reproduction
need to safeguard its archive collections to show
framed and unframed prints and
how the breed has developed over the last 150
lithographs going back to the 1850’s which
years and to give due recognition to the many
collectively show how the original ‘Black
individual breeders, exhibitors, judges, and of
And Tan Terrier” has evolved to its current
course the dogs - who have played a huge part
form as the ETT
in shaping the breed we know today.
9 albums of newspaper and magazine
A huge debt of gratitude is owed to two
cuttings from the early 1900’s onwards
individuals who have done a vast amount to
establish, develop and conserve the archive 9 a near complete set of the club
over the last 40 years. Between 1980 and 1994 ‘Thumbprints’ magazine, charting its
Dorothy Hammett (Pennfurlong) was the Club development from an A4 typed manuscript
Breed Historian. She also served as Club Vice to a professionally designed full colour
President and President between 1986-91. magazine
Ruth Kitson (Quinoa) stepped into the breach 9 Breed handbooks
in 1994 with the new title of Club Archivist and 9
25 years later, assisted by Steve Inch, she is copies of yearbooks, special publications
and other memorabilia
still going strong and adding new material to the
archive collection. 9 excerpts from canine book and magazines
from the 1870’s onwards
Prior to becoming archivist Ruth and her mother
Petronelle edited The ETT club’s twice yearly
publication - “Thumbprints” - between 1978-88.

Ruth also wrote the weekly Breed Notes for
many years and had a spell as Club President
between 2006-2009.

Former Club Archivist and Thumbprints
Editors Ruth and Petronelle Kitson

The archive is currently on ‘physical’ display at
The ETT Club Open and Championship Shows. A selection from
Until 2019 it was entirely held in hard copy, The ETT (Black And Tan) Club Archive

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