IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4462/O
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: TORCH PUBLISHING CO-OP
Date(s): 1986-1997
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.16 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Torch Publishing Co-op
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Torch Publishing Co-op was set up by a group which included Eric Huntley, Colin Prescod, Faustin Charles and Sophie Fekarurho. The co-operative produced the Torch newspaper and also sold books via post and stalls at cultural events.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Torch Publishing Co-operative, including three editions of the newspaper Torch produced by the cooperative; and letters of support from members of the public including Linda Bellos, Council member of Lambeth LB.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
These records are arranged into two series: LMA/4462/O/01 CORRESPONDENCE;
LMA/4462/O/02 NEWSPAPERS.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositors.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Their archive collections were the first deposit from the African-Caribbean community to be made to the London Metropolitan Archives, in 2005 with additional deposits since that time.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010