GB 0099 KCLMA Embleton - EMBLETON, Edwin Joseph (1907-2000)

14 boxes or 0.14m3

GB 0099 KCLMA Embleton 1939-1949 Collection (fonds) 14 boxes or 0.14m3 Embleton , Edwin Joseph , 1907-2000 , studio manager, Ministry of Information

Born 1907; joined Odhams Press where he started as a layout and lettering artist and graduated to Studio Manager,1924-1939; Art Director and Studio Manager of General Production Division, Ministry of Information, 1939-1945; returned to Odhams Press, 1945; died, 2000.

Three boxes of material were acquired by the Centre from Edwin Embleton in 1996. Following his death, a second deposit of material was acquired from his daughter in 2002.

Papers of Edwin Embleton, 1939-1949, chiefly comprising World War Two propaganda pamphlets, 1939-1945, on subjects including the Allied war effort, the Home Front, British Allies, anti-Nazism and the Empire, largely produced by the Ministry of Information for dissemination both within Britain and overseas. These pamphlets are in a number of European, Middle Eastern, African and Asian languages. An approximate translation has been provided for all foreign language titles. The remainder of the collection comprises Ministry of Information produced propaganda posters, postcards, cigarette cards, scrapbook stamps; portraits of Islamic leaders; maps from the Ministry of Information 'Map series' for use by newspapers; American propaganda pamphlets and Ministry of Information administrative papers. Administrative papers include progress reports, memoranda and plans relating to strategy, visual presentation, print deadlines and staff.

Arranged in sections as follows: pamphlets; material with no or very little text (such as postcards and cigarette cards) and administrative papers. Pamphlets have been arranged by language except for the first section consisting of multi lingual series, where the items have been arranged by series, regardless of language. Pamphlets that do not form part of a series have been arranged by language, editions that appear in several different languages are cross referenced. Languages with a large quantity of material (English and French) have been further subdivided into subject categories. Within the sections pamphlets are ordered chronologically.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, French, Greek, Hausa, Italian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croat, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish and Yoruba.

A list of the leaflets in the Embleton collection with editions in more than one language, arranged alphabetically by title, is available in hard copy in the reading room (located in the Embleton file). A detailed catalogue is available online and also in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum: Items from Embleton's collection of Ministry of Information printed material; Imperial War Museum (IWM): Three scrapbooks of press clippings related to the Ministry of Information, which Embleton kept throughout the war; oral history interview with Embleton, 26 Nov 1995: 16340; Design Archives, University of Brighton: Ministry of Information printed propaganda from 1939-1945, including over 80 magazines, pamphlets and other ephemera, mainly in English, but also in other languages including French, Spanish, Dutch and Arabic; The National Archives: Ministry of Information Original Art Work (ref: INF 3); Correspondence (1 file) relating to commissioning a portrait of the Prime Minister; includes references to Sir Kenneth Clark, Eric Kennington, William Nicholson, Dugdale A R Thompson and Augustus John (who achieved the commission), Aug 1942-Apr 1943, (ref: INF 1/640). Correspondence (1 file) with the agents War Artists and Illustrators (mostly with W C Warner), relating to contracts with artists for illustrative propaganda material; artists include A S Nour, Frank Norton, Harold Pym; also one letter from Graham Greene, 1939-1941, (ref: INF 1/638).

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery. 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. Jul 1998, updated 2002; updated 2008. Air Ministry Armed forces Civil defence Colonial Office Communication process Defence Department of Health for Scotland Embleton , Edwin Joseph , 1907-2000 , studio manager, Ministry of Information General Production Division , Ministry of Information Inland Revenue International conflicts International relations Maps Military organizations Ministry of Education Ministry of Food Ministry of Health Ministry of Home Security Ministry of Information Ministry of Labour Ministry of Labour and National Service Ministry of Supply Organizations Overseas Production Division , Ministry of Information Overseas Publications Committee , Ministry of Information Persuasion Propaganda Publications Division , Ministry of Information State security The Central Council for Health Education US Office of War Information Visual materials War War Office War Propaganda Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)

Three boxes of material were acquired by the Centre from Edwin Embleton in 1996. Following his death, a second deposit of material was acquired from his daughter in 2002.

Papers of Edwin Embleton, 1939-1949, chiefly comprising World War Two propaganda pamphlets, 1939-1945, on subjects including the Allied war effort, the Home Front, British Allies, anti-Nazism and the Empire, largely produced by the Ministry of Information for dissemination both within Britain and overseas. These pamphlets are in a number of European, Middle Eastern, African and Asian languages. An approximate translation has been provided for all foreign language titles. The remainder of the collection comprises Ministry of Information produced propaganda posters, postcards, cigarette cards, scrapbook stamps; portraits of Islamic leaders; maps from the Ministry of Information 'Map series' for use by newspapers; American propaganda pamphlets and Ministry of Information administrative papers. Administrative papers include progress reports, memoranda and plans relating to strategy, visual presentation, print deadlines and staff.

Arranged in sections as follows: pamphlets; material with no or very little text (such as postcards and cigarette cards) and administrative papers. Pamphlets have been arranged by language except for the first section consisting of multi lingual series, where the items have been arranged by series, regardless of language. Pamphlets that do not form part of a series have been arranged by language, editions that appear in several different languages are cross referenced. Languages with a large quantity of material (English and French) have been further subdivided into subject categories. Within the sections pamphlets are ordered chronologically.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

• English

• Latin

English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, French, Greek, Hausa, Italian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croat, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish and Yoruba.

A list of the leaflets in the Embleton collection with editions in more than one language, arranged alphabetically by title, is available in hard copy in the reading room (located in the Embleton file). A detailed catalogue is available online and also in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum: Items from Embleton's collection of Ministry of Information printed material; Imperial War Museum (IWM): Three scrapbooks of press clippings related to the Ministry of Information, which Embleton kept throughout the war; oral history interview with Embleton, 26 Nov 1995: 16340; Design Archives, University of Brighton: Ministry of Information printed propaganda from 1939-1945, including over 80 magazines, pamphlets and other ephemera, mainly in English, but also in other languages including French, Spanish, Dutch and Arabic; The National Archives: Ministry of Information Original Art Work (ref: INF 3); Correspondence (1 file) relating to commissioning a portrait of the Prime Minister; includes references to Sir Kenneth Clark, Eric Kennington, William Nicholson, Dugdale A R Thompson and Augustus John (who achieved the commission), Aug 1942-Apr 1943, (ref: INF 1/640). Correspondence (1 file) with the agents War Artists and Illustrators (mostly with W C Warner), relating to contracts with artists for illustrative propaganda material; artists include A S Nour, Frank Norton, Harold Pym; also one letter from Graham Greene, 1939-1941, (ref: INF 1/638).

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.

• English