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Date(s)
- 1956-1999 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
c 12 books and publications; 19 files; 13 albums
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Carnival Resource has been collected by Ruth Tompsett, Principal Lecturer, for use by students studying Carnival on the BA in Performing Arts at Middlesex University.
Archival history
GB 9999999999 Carnival 1956-1999 Collection (fonds) c 12 books and publications; 19 files; 13 albums Tompsett , A Ruth , fl 2001 , lecturer on drama
The Carnival Resource has been collected by Ruth Tompsett, Principal Lecturer, for use by students studying Carnival on the BA in Performing Arts at Middlesex University.
Via Ruth Tompsett.
Collection of publications, documentation and archive material relating to Caribbean Carnival, predominantly focussing on carnival in Trinidad and at London's Notting Hill, and dating from 1956 to 1999. The collection includes books, press cuttings, magazines and journals, extracted articles, programmes from Carnival at Notting Hill and in Trinidad and Tobago, programmes from carnival theatre performances, press releases, newsletters of The Association for a Peoples' Carnival, photographic documentation of Caribbean and diasporic carnivals, costume designs, video recordings, audio recordings of carnival music and interviews with key practitioners, and slides of carnivals, mask making and masquerades.
Expected.
The collection is arranged into books; magazine publications and files; press coverage and photographic documentation. The material is arranged into files.The collection is held at the Black Cultural Archives, London.
Contact the Black Cultural Archives, 1 Othello Close, London SE11 4RE, 020 7582 8516, email info@bcaheritage.org.uk.
At the discretion of the Library.
English
Brief file list available.
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP Aim25 Project. Amended by Judy Vaknin 2011 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. Dec 2001, amended 2011 Association for a Peoples' Carnival Blacks Caribbean Carnivals Cultural events England Ethnic groups Europe Festivals Leisure Leisure time activities London Notting Hill Notting Hill Carnival Tompsett , A Ruth , fl 2001 , lecturer on drama Trinidad and Tobago UK Western Europe Kensington and Chelsea
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Via Ruth Tompsett.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection of publications, documentation and archive material relating to Caribbean Carnival, predominantly focussing on carnival in Trinidad and at London's Notting Hill, and dating from 1956 to 1999. The collection includes books, press cuttings, magazines and journals, extracted articles, programmes from Carnival at Notting Hill and in Trinidad and Tobago, programmes from carnival theatre performances, press releases, newsletters of The Association for a Peoples' Carnival, photographic documentation of Caribbean and diasporic carnivals, costume designs, video recordings, audio recordings of carnival music and interviews with key practitioners, and slides of carnivals, mask making and masquerades.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Expected.
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged into books; magazine publications and files; press coverage and photographic documentation. The material is arranged into files.The collection is held at the Black Cultural Archives, London.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Contact the Black Cultural Archives, 1 Othello Close, London SE11 4RE, 020 7582 8516, email info@bcaheritage.org.uk.
Conditions governing reproduction
At the discretion of the Library.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Brief file list available.
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Rules and/or conventions used
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.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English