IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0372 LHWC
Held at: Bishopsgate Institute
Title: London History Workshop Centre
Date(s): c1910-1992
Level of description: Collection
Extent: c40 boxes, 2 large boxes
Name of creator(s): London History Workshop Centre
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The London History Workshop Centre was established in 1982 as a spin-off from the national History Workshop events and History Workshop Journal. The Centre aimed to gather material on all aspects of London life, organise and conserve such material and encourage participation and involvement by Londoners in recording and using the city's history. The Centre also offered an educational service, ran events, such as the LCC/GLC Centenary, and produced a number of publications. A major part of its work was a sound and video archive which collected stored and made accessible audio and video recordings about and by Londoners. The Centre closed in 1992.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of the London History Workshop Centre, including; papers and correspondence regarding the origins and formation of the London History Workshop Centre, 1977-1983; minutes and papers of Annual General Meetings and management meetings, 1983-1992; accounts and financial papers, 1983-1991; papers, correspondence and reports regarding projects and publications, 1981-1991; papers, accounts and promotional material of the London History Workshop Centre Sound and Video Archive, 1986-1991; photographs, prints and illustrations covering the late nineteenth century to the mid 1980s and concerning World War One, World War Two, poverty, transport, (railways, cars, buses, trams and the Underground) housing, entertainment, marches and demonstrations, fashion, working life, immigration, the development of London, entertainment, shops and shopping, education, childhood and other areas, c1910-1985; miscellaneous transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by London Weekend Television for the television series, The Making of Modern London, c1985; correspondence and plates for the book Trafalgar Square: Emblem of Empire, published by Lawrence and Wishart, 1975-1976; card backed photographic reproductions used by the London History Workshop for exhibition purposes, c1975.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
No further arrangement at present.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Physical characteristics:
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No further finding aids available.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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No further information available at present.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
The Museum of London holds 3000 hours of taped interviews recorded by the London History Workshop Centre between 1982 and 1990, including interviews by famous History Workshop historians such as Raphael Samuel and Gerry White. It also includes all the audio interviews made by London Weekend Television for its series The Making of Modern London.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Entry by Stefan Dickers.
Date(s) of descriptions: 12 July 2005.