Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 2753 Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
Held at	: University of the Arts London: Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/library-services/collections-and-archives/central-saint-martins/ ›
Full title	: Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
Date(s)	: 1989-2002 (ongoing)
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: approximately 1/2 linear metre
Name of creator(s)	: Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design was formed in 1989 by the merger of the Central School of Art and Design and St Martin's School of Art. Both were constituent colleges of the London Institute which had been formed in 1986 by the Inner London Education Authority associating its art schools and specialist colleges of printing, fashion and distributive trades into a collegiate structure. In 1999 the Drama Centre London, founded in 1962, merged with Central Saint Martins, adding performing arts to the range of courses offered by the College.

Central Saint Martins comprises three Schools; Art, Fashion and Textiles and Graphic and Industrial Design, with approximately 450 to 700 students within each school. The College operates on two major sites, on Charing Cross Road, Soho and Southampton Row, Holborn.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, 1989-2002, comprising prospectuses for 1989-2004; postgraduate degree and research directory for 2002-2003; material relating to degree shows, 1989-2002.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Conditions governing access:

Researchers wishing to consult the archives should make written application to the Administrator, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Museum and Study Collection, Southampton Row, London WC1B 4AP.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying is permitted at the discretion of the Administrator.

Finding aids:

The records are unlisted.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Created and retained by Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Museum and Study Collection also holds records of the Central School of Art and Design, [1896]-1987 and St Martin's School of Art, 1884-[1987]. Plans of the Southampton Row building are held at London Metropolitan Archives.

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Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

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:
October 2002