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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Carter Slide Collection


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0369 CTR

Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Title: Carter Slide Collection

Date(s): 1964-2001

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 10 boxes containing c. 5000 photographic slides

Name of creator(s): Carter | Francis (Frank) William | 1938-4 May 2001 | academic

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Professor Francis (Frank) William Carter was Head of the Department of Social Sciences at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) at University College London (UCL) and Honorary Fellow of the UCL Geography Department. After attending Wulfrum College of Education in Wolverhampton, he studied at the universities of Sheffield and Cambridge and the London School of Economics. He lectured at King's College before joining UCL in October 1966, where he researched primarily the historical geography of the Balkans and Eastern Europe, covering themes such as agriculture, migration, city development and the environment.
Sources: Clout, Hugh 'In Memorium Francis William Carter 1938-2001: An Appreciation' in Nations, Nationalism and the European Citizen; 'Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union: A Collection of Essays in Memory of Professor Francis 'Frank' Carter (Ed. Turnock, David 2005) and Turnock, David 'Obituaries: Francis William Carter 1938-2001' in The Geographical Journal Vol. 169, No. 3 (Sep. 2001) pp. 275-276

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The collection consists of 35mm photographic slides taken by Professor Carter showing views of geographical features, cities, towns, villages, landscapes, industrial and agricultural locations in Eastern European countries, as well as slides of graphs, maps, archives and other historical data relating to cities and regions of Eastern Europe. Additionally, the collection includes slides of data on subjects such as agriculture, the environment and foreign direct investment (FDI).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The slides have been arranged by country or geographical subject into eleven series: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Germany, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, Eastern Europe, collective farming, the environment and FDI.

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian. Copyright in some cases belongs to Audio-Visual Productions

Physical characteristics:

The collection consists almost exclusively of 35mm slides, predominantly colour in plastic frames. Professor Carter wrote captions in English on most of the frames.

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website; Some of the slides are accompanied by lists produced by Audio-Visual Productions.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/libraries-and-study-spaces/ucl-school-slavonic-and-east-european-studies-library

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000, and AACR2.

Date(s) of descriptions: Compiled Sep 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Geography
Travel

Personal names
Carter | Francis (Frank) William | 1938-2001 | academic

Corporate names

Places
Albania | Eastern Europe
Bulgaria | Eastern Europe
Czechoslovakia | Eastern Europe
Germany | Western Europe
Poland | Eastern Europe
Romania | Eastern Europe
Yugoslavia | Eastern Europe
Europe
Europe