Poster Literature Collection
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0000 Poster Literature |
Held at | : University of the Arts London: Camberwell College of Arts Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/library-services/collections-and-archives/camberwell/ › |
Full title | : Poster Literature Collection |
Date(s) | : [1920s-2000] |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : Approximately 500 posters, 100 slides and 150 cuttings |
Name of creator(s) | : Camberwell College of Arts Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Poster Literature Collection of Camberwell College of Arts, [1920s-2000], comprising British and international posters, [1920s-2000], including many produced for exhibitions, including by Camberwell College, British museums such as the Tate; exhibition catalogues, articles and press cuttings, [1970s], relating to billboard and poster design of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English. The exhibition catalogues are in several languages.
System of arrangement:
The records are unsorted.
Conditions governing access:
Access to the collection is by appointment only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No photocopying is permitted although photographs may be taken at the discretion of the Head of Learning Resources.
Finding aids:
The records are uncatalogued.
Archival Information
Archival history:
The collection was compiled by the Camberwell College of Arts Librarian from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
The Library also holds approximately 600 books relating to posters and billboards, which are catalogued on the Library's OPAC.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
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:
July 2001
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