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University of the Arts London: London College of Communication

Printing Education Collection

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1574 Printing Education

Held at: University of the Arts London: London College of Communication

Title: Printing Education Collection

Date(s): 1914-1991

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 5 boxes (c2 linear metres).

Name of creator(s): London College of Printing
Rankin | Walter | 1892-1965 | printer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The papers include a printing correspondence course of Walter Rankin (1892-1965). He was apprenticed as a printer to C Joscelyne, Printers, of Braintree, Essex, in 1907. In 1913 he moved to J G Hammond and Co, of Birmingham, and after taking his printing correspondence course, sat the examinations of the City and Guilds London Institute in 1915 and 1916. He worked at Manifoldia of Birmingham, 1916-1924; Century Press, Fulham Rd, London, 1924-1927; Manager of South Western Press, Fulham Rd, London, 1927-1928. He was appointed Manager of Alfred Couldrey and Chas Pearson, Aldgate, London, in 1928, and worked later for McGlashen Greogry, Stanhope Press of Rochester, Vacher and Sons of Westminster, Baird and Tatlock, and McCann Erickson.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Printed material, pamphlets, leaflets, and booklets, relating to printing education, printing apprenticeship, and technical and vocational training, 1913-1991, including London County Council report, Training and employment in the printing trades, 1914; War Office correspondence course on letterpress machine work, 1943; Vocational training of disabled persons in the printing industry, Ministry of Labour memorandum, 1944; draft syllabus for City and Guilds Printing Course, 1983; report 'Equalising the opportunities for women in printing and publishing', the Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board, 1982; booklets relating to training in printing and graphic arts in Austria, France, West Germany, Italy and the USA, 1950s-1960s; papers of Walter Rankin for a correspondence course in lettering, office management, stonework, job composition, machine work, comprising course work and correspondence with tutors of the Typographical Correspondence School of Lancaster, Lancashire, 1913-1916.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Mainly English, with some French, German and Italian.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Access to the collection is by appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

At the discretion of the Media Librarian and subject to the provisions of the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

The collection is uncatalogued.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The provenance of these papers is uncertain, but most seem to have been generated and retained in situ by the London College of Printing and its predecessor bodies.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.