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City University

Ephemera


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 2107 Ephemera

Held at: City University

Title: Ephemera

Date(s): 1893-1997

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 50 linear feet

Name of creator(s): Northampton Institute
Northampton Polytechnic Institute
Northampton Polytechnic
Northampton College of Advanced Technology
City University

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No further information at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Ephemera collections of City University and predecessors, including presscuttings, 1909-1939, 1958-1963, 1967-1993, 1996-1997; Colleges of Advanced Technology presscuttings, 1963-1964; City Press press releases, 1979-1982; City Press presscuttings arranged by Department, 1980s; Business School presscuttings, 1990s; City Technology presscuttings, 1980s; boxes of photographic negatives; photographs, 1890s-1990s, including album, 1898; tapes of lectures and interviews, 1966-1984; slides of buildings, exteriors and interiors, and courses, 1950s-1960s; films of events, 1950s-1970s; Arms of The City University, with copies of coloured bookplate of arms and the heraldry described; various documents, 1894-1997; The Northampton: A History of Northampton College by John Thole (1966); various accounts of the history of the institution with early prospectuses, 1898-1960s; City University: A History by S John Teague (1990), typescripts and copies.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

On written application to the University Librarian.

Conditions governing reproduction:

At the discretion of the University Librarian.

Physical characteristics:

Tapes are in reel to reel and cassette format; films are in 16mm format.

Finding aids:

Survey lists of City University archives by Janet Foster, 2000 (available in hard copy at City University); series of individual documents in ephemera, 1894-1997, are individually numbered and have their own list in hard copy.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Further accruals are expected.

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Internal accumulation during the course of business.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project, based on survey information by Janet Foster. Source: The City University - a history by S John Teague (City University, London, 1990).

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: Mar 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Magnetic tape recordings | Sound recordings | Recordings
Newspapers | Periodicals | Publications | Communications media | Information sciences
Photographic slides | Photographs | Visual materials
Technological institutes | Universities | Higher education institutions | Educational institutions

Personal names

Corporate names
City University
Northampton College of Advanced Technology
Northampton Institute
Northampton Polytechnic
Northampton Polytechnic Institute

Places
Clerkenwell | Islington | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe