Collection GB 0074 LMA/4530 - SAAM THEATRE GROUP

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4530

Title

SAAM THEATRE GROUP

Date(s)

  • 2007-2008 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.15 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

This oral history project was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and run by Saam Theatre Group. Its aim was to collect and present oral history testimonies of Iranian settlers in London. All the interviews were conducted by young London Iranians. The project ran from 2007-2008 and ended with an audio/visual exhibition of the finished interviews, which ran for three weeks from 1 May 2008.

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4530 2007-2008 Collection 0.15 linear metres Saam Theatre Group

This oral history project was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and run by Saam Theatre Group. Its aim was to collect and present oral history testimonies of Iranian settlers in London. All the interviews were conducted by young London Iranians. The project ran from 2007-2008 and ended with an audio/visual exhibition of the finished interviews, which ran for three weeks from 1 May 2008.

Records deposited in 2009.

Records of the Saam Theatre Group oral history project. The collection consists of a description of the running of the project and typewritten transcripts of the eight interviews, and CD versions of the interviews with a video report on the running of the project on DVD. Because of their format, the CDs and DVD are currently available by appointment only.

LMA/4530/01: Oral History Project.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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.

June to August 2010. Cultural nationalism National identity Iranian (cultural identity) Migrants Immigrants History Historical methods Oral history Migration Immigration Cultural identity Emigration Saam Theatre Group London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Saam Theatre Group oral history project. The collection consists of a description of the running of the project and typewritten transcripts of the eight interviews, and CD versions of the interviews with a video report on the running of the project on DVD. Because of their format, the CDs and DVD are currently available by appointment only.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

LMA/4530/01: Oral History Project.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

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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Language(s)

  • English

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