IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 HCA/Journals
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: Journals collected by the Hall-Carpenter Archives
Date(s): 1954-1999
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: c 498 boxes and 5 volumes
Name of creator(s): Hall-Carpenter Archives
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Hall-Carpenter Archives were constituted as a registered charity in 1982.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Gay journals from the UK and the rest of the world, especially North America.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English, with some French, Russian, Spanish, German, Greek, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, and Hebrew
System of arrangement:
Each deposit is given a running number and added to the database, which may be searched by title, date or place of publication.
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Apply to Archivist for copyright details.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
An unbound list in the British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives reading room lists the journals in alphabetical order by title; further information is available via an on-line catalogue, which may be searched by title, date or place of publication.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
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Archival history:
Homosexual, lesbian and bisexual journals were collected by the Hall-Carpenter Archives from their creation in 1982. The collection has continued to grow due to deposits and donations from individuals.
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ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison 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: Oct 2000