African-Caribbean, Asian & African Art in Britain Archive

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0000 ACAA
Held at	: University of the Arts London: Chelsea College of Art and Design   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/library-services/collections-and-archives/chelsea/ ›
Full title	: African-Caribbean, Asian & African Art in Britain Archive
Date(s)	: 1970-2002
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: approximately 3500 items
Name of creator(s)	: Chelsea College of Art & Design

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The collection was established in 1985 by Liz Ward, Librarian at Chelsea College, the result of increasing demand by students for documentation recognising the contribution to British art by artists of African-Caribbean, Asian and African descent. It has grown naturally as a part of the library's collection.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records documenting the work of contemporary artists practising in Britain of African-Caribbean, Asian and African descent, 1970-2002, largely comprising exhibition posters, exhibition cards, press releases, press cuttings, videos, audio tapes and slides; records of The Peoples' Gallery, Camden, 1984-1987, comprising publicity flyers, press cuttings.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

By written application to the Librarian, Manresa Road, London, SW3 6LS. Researchers from the London Institute may visit by appointment.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying is permitted, although copying of fragile material is at the discretion of the librarian.

Finding aids:

Recordings: a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British art Melanie Keen (London, 1996). This bibliography published in association with InIVA documents the collection up to 1996. The exhibition catalogues and published books relating to the collection are catalogued.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was established at St Martin's School of Art Library, and moved to Chelsea School of Art and the foundation of the London Institute in 1986.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Institute of International Visual Arts (InIVA), University of East London's African and Asian Visual Artists Archive and the University of Westminster's Panchayat Archive hold similar material.

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 2002