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London Metropolitan Archives

SOCIETY FOR CHECKING ABUSES OF PUBLIC ADVERTISING


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 A/SCA

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SOCIETY FOR CHECKING ABUSES OF PUBLIC ADVERTISING

Date(s): 1892-1952

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2.68 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | SCAPA
Society for Prevention of Disfigurement in Town and Country

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising (SCAPA) was founded in 1893 by Mr. Richardson Evans with the object of focusing public opinion on the disfigurement caused by outdoor advertising. It promoted statutory and voluntary regulation and the former was partly secured by the society through the passing of the Advertisements Regulation Acts 1907 and 1925. As these Acts did not themselves restrict advertising but merely empowered local authorities to make bye-laws for that purpose, further campaigns were undertaken to ensure all local authorities used their power to the full.

The society also maintained an interest in the siting and design of petrol filling stations and the litter problem and expanded its title to the Society for Prevention of Disfigurement in Town and Country but continued to be known by its abbreviated title.

The Control of Advertisements Regulations Act 1948 brought advertisements for the first time under full planning control and it was felt that SCAPA's objects had been largely achieved and the society was eventually wound up 1952-1953.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising (SCAPA), including Executive Committee minute books; financial accounts; lists of members; correspondence, including letters relating to subscriptions, byelaws, cases and litter; petitions; annual reports; publications by SCAPA and others; newspaper cuttings and posters.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

A/SCA/01: Minutes and agenda;
A/SCA/02: Accounts;
A/SCA/03: Correspondence;
A/SCA/04: Petitions;
A/SCA/05: Annual reports and publications;
A/SCA/06: Printed material.

Conditions governing access:

These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in 1957 and 1958.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES 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: June to August 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Advertisements | Advertising | Communication process
Advertising control | Communication policy
Campaign groups | Groups
Campaign literature | Documents | Information sources
Littering | Social problems
Regulation | Business practice and regulation | Business management | Management

Personal names

Corporate names
Society for Checking the Abuses of Public Advertising | SCAPA
Society for Prevention of Disfigurement in Town and Country

Places
England | UK | Western Europe | Europe