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Hall–Carpenter Archives
The Hall–Carpenter Archives (HCA), founded in 1982, are the largest source for the study of gay activism in Britain, following the publication of the Wolfenden Report in 1957. The archives are named after the authors Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943) and Edward Carpenter (1844–1929). They are housed at the London School of Economics, at Bishopsgate Institute#Bishopsgate Library, Bishopsgate Library – (press cuttings), and in the British Library Sound Archive, British Library (Sound Archive) (oral history tapes). Projects These projects in partnership with the Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive. *1967 and All That; The Sexual Offences Act and the Gay Community :* To produce a touring exhibition throughout 2007 to raise awareness of gay history and the significance of the 1967 Act. :* Provide access to previously inaccessible historical material by cataloguing archives of the Homosexual Law Reform Society, the Albany Trust, the Campaign fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archives In The City Of London
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials, in any medium, or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the history and function of that person or organization. Professional archivists and historians generally understand archives to be records that have been naturally and necessarily generated as a product of regular legal, commercial, administrative, or social activities. They have been metaphorically defined as "the secretions of an organism", and are distinguished from documents that have been consciously written or created to communicate a particular message to posterity. In general, archives consist of records that have been selected for permanent or long-term preservation on the grounds of their enduring cultural, historical, or evidentiary value. Archival records are normally unpublished and alm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
