IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0000 Poster Literature
Held at: University of the Arts London: Camberwell College of Arts
Title: Poster Literature Collection
Date(s): [1920s-2000]
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: Approximately 500 posters, 100 slides and 150 cuttings
Name of creator(s): Camberwell College of Arts
Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Poster Literature Collection of Camberwell College of Arts, [1920s-2000], comprising British and international posters, [1920s-2000], including many produced for exhibitions, including by Camberwell College, British museums such as the Tate; exhibition catalogues, articles and press cuttings, [1970s], relating to billboard and poster design of the 19th and 20th centuries.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English. The exhibition catalogues are in several languages.
System of arrangement:
The records are unsorted.
Conditions governing access:
Access to the collection is by appointment only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No photocopying is permitted although photographs may be taken at the discretion of the Head of Learning Resources.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
The records are uncatalogued.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
The collection was compiled by the Camberwell College of Arts Librarian from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Immediate source of acquisition:
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The Library also holds approximately 600 books relating to posters and billboards, which are catalogued on the Library's OPAC.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2001