IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4531
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: GYFORD, John E B (fl 1967-2010)
Date(s): 1967-1970
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres (70 slides).
Name of creator(s): Gyford | John E B | fl 1967-2010 | lecturer and local government officer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
John Gyford taught at a college in Chelmsford, Essex. He gave lectures to students on social change and housing in London. He used photographic slides to help illustrate these themes.
Gyford later worked at University College London (UCL) and North East and Central London polytechnics, and became a labour historian. He later joined local government and became Leader of Braintree District Council. As of 2009 he was Labour and Co-operative Party Councillor for Witham North, Essex.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Photographic colour slide transparencies depicting social change and zones of transition in London's built landscape, taken for teaching purposes. Mainly depict 18th, 19th and 20th century domestic buildings taken from street level. The slides show Hampstead Garden Suburb, Westminster, Islington, Highgate, Camden, Bermondsey, Southwark, Whitechapel, Battersea, Camberwell and Pentonville.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Slides kept in their original order.
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:
Slides donated to the archive in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.