Journals collected by the Hall-Carpenter Archives

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 HCA/Journals
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: Journals collected by the Hall-Carpenter Archives
Date(s)	: 1954-1999
Level of description	: Subfonds of the Hall-Carpenter Archives View parent record
Extent	: c 498 boxes and 5 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: Hall-Carpenter Archives

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Hall-Carpenter Archives were constituted as a registered charity in 1982.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Gay journals from the UK and the rest of the world, especially North America.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English, with some French, Russian, Spanish, German, Greek, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, and Hebrew

System of arrangement:

Each deposit is given a running number and added to the database, which may be searched by title, date or place of publication.

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Apply to Archivist for copyright details.

Finding aids:

An unbound list in the British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives reading room lists the journals in alphabetical order by title; further information is available via an on-line catalogue, which may be searched by title, date or place of publication.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Homosexual, lesbian and bisexual journals were collected by the Hall-Carpenter Archives from their creation in 1982. The collection has continued to grow due to deposits and donations from individuals.

Immediate source of acquisition:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

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:
Oct 2000