Occupy Oral History Project Archive

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: BG 0372 OCCUPY
Held at	: Bishopsgate Institute   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/library ›
Full title	: Occupy Oral History Project Archive
Date(s)	: 2011-2012
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 1 box
Name of creator(s)	: Boga | Cindy | fl 2011-2012 Smith | Samuel | fl 2011-2012

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

In October 2011 a small group of MA Heritage students at the University of East London began to collect oral histories from the occupiers at the London LSX Occupy Camp in the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral. ​The vast majority of the histories were recorded during the occupation in and around the camp.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, CDs and ephemera of the Occupy Oral History Project (October 2011-April 2012). Includes handwritten and printed flyers; oral history recording agreement form; clearance notes and deposit instruction forms, [13pp] [November 2011-February 2012]; consent forms x2, [4pp] [April 2012]; 'Occupier' newsprint posters, [8pp] [n.d.]; CDs x13 of interviews.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

no further arrangement required

Conditions governing access:

OPEN

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying and 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.

Finding aids:

Copy of handlist available in Library Reading Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Cindy Boga and Samuel Smith, 22 February 2014

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:
22 February 2014