HALL, Libby (fl 1966-2006)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: LIBBY HALL
Held at	: Bishopsgate Institute   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/library ›
Full title	: HALL, Libby (fl 1966-2006)
Date(s)	: c1860-1920
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: c800 photographs
Name of creator(s)	: Hall | Libby | fl 1966-2006 | collector

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Between 1966 and 2006, Libby Hall collected old photographs of dogs, amassing many thousands to assemble what is possibly the largest number of canine pictures ever gathered by any single person. Libby began collecting casually when the photographs were of negligible value, but by the end she had published four books and been priced out of the market. Yet through her actions Libby rescued an entire canon of photography from the scrap heap, seeing the poetry and sophistication in images that were previously dismissed as merely sentimental. And today, we are the beneficiaries of her visionary endeavour.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Photographs, postcards adn other (collected) photographic items depicting dogs and their owners c 1860-1920.

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 Libby Hall December 2012

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:
December 2012