William Townsend Papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 TOWNSEND
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full title	: William Townsend Papers
Date(s)	: 1919-1973
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 41 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Townsend | William | 1909-1973 | Professor of Fine Art
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Townsend was born in Wandsworth and educated at Simon Langton School in Canterbury. From 1926 to 1930 he attended the Slade School of Fine Art. He lived in Canterbury and later Bridge from 1925 to 1946. From 1946 to 1949 he taught part-time at the Camberwell School of Art and then joined the staff of the Slade School in 1949. He was Professor of Fine Art at University College London from 1968 to 1973. He visited Canada many times during his life on art tours. In 1970 he was editor and part author of Canadian Painting Today, published in London and New York. He held many exhibitions in London and Canada and had work included in many galleries.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Townsend's journals. Also correspondence, personal files, postcards, art photographs, press cuttings, newspapers, typescripts of poems and articles, and general professional papers concerning colleges and exhibitions in Canada and the UK.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Partially listed. Please contact UCL Special Collections for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Finding aids:

Draft handlist.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in University College London Library by William Townsend and, after his death, his family, between 1968 and 1979.

Allied Materials

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Description Notes

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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999; updated July 2018