History Workshop Journal

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0372 HWJ
Held at	: Bishopsgate Institute   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/library ›
Full title	: History Workshop Journal
Date(s)	: 1997-2008
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 7 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: History Workshop Journal

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Launched in 1976 by historian Raphael Samuel and others involved in the History Workshop movement – which focused on 'history from below' or the social history of everyday life, the History Workshop Journal is published by Oxford University Press. The Journal publishes a wide variety of reports, reviews and essays on subjects including local history, economics and geopolitics.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Administrative papers of the History Workshop Journal, including: minutes of the HWJ Editorial Board, 1997-2008; accounts and papers regarding financial matters, 1998-2007; HWJ editorial log files, 2001-2008; copyright agreements, log sheets, abstracts, biographies, licenses and editorial critiques for issues of History Workshop Journal, 2002-2004; accounts and other financial and publication papers concerning Oxford University Press, 1994-2006; HWJ editorial timetables, 1999-2006; papers regarding the Raphael Samuel memorial and HWJ Workshop and events, 1999.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

HWJ/1/001-044; HWJ/2

Conditions governing access:

CLOSED

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying and digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Finding aids:

Copy of handlist available in Library Reading Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited with Bishopsgate Institute by the history Workshop Journal Editorial Board via Carmen Mangion, 2 September 2008.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
February 2008