Fonds GB 106 8VNS - Visnews relating to women

Identity area

Reference code

GB 106 8VNS

Title

Visnews relating to women

Date(s)

  • 1977-1987 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

0.5 A box (1 folder, 36 items)

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Visnews (fl 1950-1985) was an international film and television news agency, operating from the 1950s until it was taken over by Reuters in 1985. It was later re-named Reuters Television.

Repository

Archival history

GB 106 8VNS 1977-1987 fonds 0.5 A box (1 folder, 36 items) Visnews

Visnews (fl 1950-1985) was an international film and television news agency, operating from the 1950s until it was taken over by Reuters in 1985. It was later re-named Reuters Television.

Exact provenance unknown - Fawcett Accession Registers to be checked.

The archive consists of a bundle of [Reuters] telexes, visual news-service production sheets from the News Research Unit of Visnews News Services and other papers, including press releases. All relate in some way to women's status, rights, actions and issues in different countries of the world, including France, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), United States of America (USA), South Africa, Italy, Ethiopia and Libya.

Visnews News Services.

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.

English

Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website

Material relating to Visnews is held by ITN Archives. Reuters Ltd also maintains its own archive.

Finding aid created by export from CALM v7.2.14 Archives Hub EAD2002. Edited for AIM25 by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

07/03/2008 Italy Southern Africa South Africa Europe Western Europe France Visnews Television Women Health Health policy Maternal and child health Rights of special groups Womens rights Womens status Zimbabwe Pakistan South Asia Sri Lanka India Bangladesh USA North America Ethiopia East Africa Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya USSR Soviet Union Broadcasting Sex North Africa Eastern Europe Sex distribution

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Exact provenance unknown - Fawcett Accession Registers to be checked.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The archive consists of a bundle of [Reuters] telexes, visual news-service production sheets from the News Research Unit of Visnews News Services and other papers, including press releases. All relate in some way to women's status, rights, actions and issues in different countries of the world, including France, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), United States of America (USA), South Africa, Italy, Ethiopia and Libya.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Visnews News Services.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Material relating to Visnews is held by ITN Archives. Reuters Ltd also maintains its own archive.

Finding aids

Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website

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Women's Library

Rules and/or conventions used

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; 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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