TORCH PUBLISHING CO-OP

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4462/O
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full 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 & 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.

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

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
November 2009 to February 2010