IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4540
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LESBIAN LONDON
Date(s): 1991-1995
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.30 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Lesbian London | newsletter
Lesbian London Publications
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Lesbian London newsletter was first issued in 1992, produced by a group of volunteers based at Sisterwrite Bookshop, 190 Upper Street, Islington. It included national and international news, culture and listings. It was funded by advertising. The newsletter was distributed monthly, free from venues (such as bookshops and lesbian and gay centres) and also by subscription. The distribution area included Southwark, Kennington, Camden and Hackney.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Lesbian London Publications, producers of the Lesbian London newsletter. The archive includes a file of over a hundred completed (anonymous) survey forms, relating to lifestyle, relationships and feedback on Lesbian London (LMA/4540/03/007). Other papers include minutes; correspondence; press releases; financial accounts; papers relating to advertising; issues of the newsletter and photographs.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records are arranged as follows:
LMA/4540/01: minutes and correspondence,
LMA/4540/02: financial records,
LMA/4540/03: newsletters and related material.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
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 donated to the Archive in February 2010.
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: August to October 2010.