London History Workshop Centre

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0372 LHWC
Held at	: Bishopsgate Institute   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/library ›
Full title	: London History Workshop Centre
Date(s)	: c1910-1992
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: c40 boxes, 2 large boxes
Name of creator(s)	: London History Workshop Centre

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The London History Workshop Centre was established in 1982 as a spin-off from the national History Workshop events and History Workshop Journal. The Centre aimed to gather material on all aspects of London life, organise and conserve such material and encourage participation and involvement by Londoners in recording and using the city's history. The Centre also offered an educational service, ran events, such as the LCC/GLC Centenary, and produced a number of publications. A major part of its work was a sound and video archive which collected stored and made accessible audio and video recordings about and by Londoners. The Centre closed in 1992.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the London History Workshop Centre, including; papers and correspondence regarding the origins and formation of the London History Workshop Centre, 1977-1983; minutes and papers of Annual General Meetings and management meetings, 1983-1992; accounts and financial papers, 1983-1991; papers, correspondence and reports regarding projects and publications, 1981-1991; papers, accounts and promotional material of the London History Workshop Centre Sound and Video Archive, 1986-1991; photographs, prints and illustrations covering the late nineteenth century to the mid 1980s and concerning World War One, World War Two, poverty, transport, (railways, cars, buses, trams and the Underground) housing, entertainment, marches and demonstrations, fashion, working life, immigration, the development of London, entertainment, shops and shopping, education, childhood and other areas, c1910-1985; miscellaneous transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by London Weekend Television for the television series, The Making of Modern London, c1985; correspondence and plates for the book Trafalgar Square: Emblem of Empire, published by Lawrence and Wishart, 1975-1976; card backed photographic reproductions used by the London History Workshop for exhibition purposes, c1975.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

No further arrangement at present.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Documents cannot be photocopied at present. 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:

No further finding aids available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

No further information available at present.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Museum of London holds 3000 hours of taped interviews recorded by the London History Workshop Centre between 1982 and 1990, including interviews by famous History Workshop historians such as Raphael Samuel and Gerry White. It also includes all the audio interviews made by London Weekend Television for its series The Making of Modern London.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry by Stefan Dickers.

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:
12 July 2005.