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Major accessions to repositories in 2013 relating to Cinema, Drama and the Performing Arts

Local

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives: Town House branch

  • Aberdeen Children's Theatre: records 1944-2011 (Accession 1810)

Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Service

  • Dudley Stuart John Moore, actor, comedian and musician: letters written to Peter Cork, Moore's music teacher, with oral history interview 1980-1994 (ACQ20013/051 ACQ20013/069)

Barnsley Archive and Local Studies Department

  • Barnsley Junior Operatic Society: records c1900-1999 (A/3498/G)

Bath Record Office

  • Bath Theatre Royal Co Ltd: programmes, flyers and playbills featuring Sarah Siddons c1781-1944 (0993, 1027, 1033)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Barrow

  • Furness Maritime Trust and The Bay Radio: minutes, corresp and financial papers c1990-1999 (BDX 403)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven

  • Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven: records 1959-2012 (YDSO 121)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal

  • Sedgwick Players: minutes, corresp, and other records 1981-1995 (WDSO 379)

Durham County Record Office

  • Drama in the Dale, community project: records incl scripts, photographs and posters (8517, 8501)
  • Durham Dramatic Society: newsletters, posters and programmes rel to various productions 1947-2012 (8258)

Essex Record Office

  • Great Bardfield Dramatic Society: papers 1976-1977 (Acc. A13631)
  • Colchester Hospital Radio interviews and other recordings 1962-1998 (Acc. SA653)

Glamorgan Archives (formerly Glamorgan Record Office)

  • Cowbridge Amateur Dramatic Society: programmes, photographs, press cuttings rel to productions 1977-1988 (D1023)

Gloucestershire Archives

  • Young Arts Centre, Cheltenham: corresp and papers 1967-1989 (D13272)

Gwynedd Archives, Meirionnydd Record Office

  • Ellen Lewis, dressmaker and costumier, Dolgellau: business ledger 1901-1925 (7150)

Hackney Archives Department

  • Hoxton Hall Community Centre: records rel to the hall's time as a music hall, temperance mission, hostel and youth arts centre 1864-2013 (D/S/073)

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Stanley Sales, of Romsey: photographic collection rel to Romsey Abbey, activities at the site, with records of local societies (Romsey Abbey Drama Group 1955-1964; Sunday School attendance register 1959-1963) c1930-2000 (10M58)
  • Winchester Theatre Trust: records incl minutes, accounts, fabric records 1975-2008 (143A13W)

Henry Moore Institute Archive

  • Stephen Cripps, sculptor and performance artist: drawings, notes and sketches rel to the artist's practice, corresp and papers, photographs and other records c1950-1999 (2013.90)

Highland Archives

  • Hi-Arts, cultural development agency, Inverness: records 1990-2013 (D1390)

Kingston Museum and Heritage Service

  • Gladys Dare Theatre School: records and memorabilia c1940-1976 (KX526)

Lancashire Archives

  • North West Sound Archive: minutes 2004-2010 (LCC)

London Metropolitan Archives: City of London

  • Central London Arts Ltd, theatre company: minutes, reports, financial records, production files, corresp, scripts and press photographs c1970-2012 (B13/144)
  • Pascal Theatre Company: digital files rel to Heritage Lottery funded oral history project, 'Between East and West: The British Chinese' 2011-2012 (LMA/4645)

Nottinghamshire Archives

  • Newark Area Arts and Leisure Foundation: records mainly rel to the purchase and refurbishment of the Palace Theatre, Newark incl minutes, reports, accounts, corresp and programmes 1950-1980s (8457)
  • Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Drama Association: records incl minutes, corresp and play scripts c2004-2012 (8403)

Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

  • Plymstock Amateur Operatic Society: minutes, treasurer's reports, rules, membership records, programmes and papers incl papers of related societies 1960-2008 (3968)

Shropshire Archives

  • Much Wenlock Festival: minutes, scrapbooks, cuttings and pamphlets 1981-2008 (acc 8784)

Somerset Heritage Centre

  • David Bolland, filmmaker and author on Kathakali theatre: memoirs 1919-2012 (A\DTK)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

  • Ipswich and Suffolk New Theatre Trust: accounts, corresp and misc papers 1973-2001 (GB466)

Surrey History Centre

  • Woking's New Cinema Club: records incl minutes and season programmes 1981-2012 (9169)
  • 'On the Home Front', play by Rev JMC Crum, Rector of Farnham, script with programme and photographs 1920 (9223)

Teesside Archives

  • Dennis Towlard, headmaster of Thornaby-on-Tees Church of England School and Georgian theatre researcher: records rel to his research on the Georgian theatre in Stockton and scrapbook presented by the pupils in his school on his retirement c1960-1981 (Acc 7258)

Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives

  • Half Moon Theatre Company: papers of Leon Rogers rel to his involvement with the theatre, incl internship and later role on the Governing Board 1976-2014 (P/ROR)

West Glamorgan Archive Service

  • Cam Carlam Folk Dancing Team, Pontardawe: records c1980-2010
  • Elim Baptist Chapel, Craig Cefn Parc: dramatic society minutes c1940-1960 (D/D Z 903)
  • Swansea City Council, Development Directorate: architectural drawings of Swansea Marina development and Swansea Grand Theatre extension c1984-1989
  • Architects' plans detailing a proposed new cinema at Bohun Street, Manselton, Swansea 1937 (D/D X 917)

West Sussex Record Office

  • Henfield Theatre Co: records incl minutes and newsletters 20th cent (Acc 17328)
  • West Sussex County Council, West Sussex Arts and Culture Service: records 1999-2013 (Acc 17038)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds

  • Leeds City Varieties Music Hall: records 1900-2008 (WYL2410)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield

  • Wakefield Diocese Drama Committee: minutes, corresp and other records c1960-1999 (WYW1806)

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

  • Lavington Amateur Dramatic Society: minutes, photographs, band papers 1966-2008 (4148)

Wirral Archives Service

  • Birkenhead YMCA amateur dramatic society: minutes, photographs and programmes 1933-1961 (2042)

National

British Film Institute, Special Collections

  • Sam Ashby, artist and film poster designer: posters and digital artwork 2010-2012
  • Roy Alfred Clarence Boulting and John Edward Boulting, film producers and directors: 'Boulting Brothers' scripts, corresp and photographs 1930s-2000s
  • Mira Hamermesh, film-maker: publicity material, photographs and production papers c1960-2012
  • Kenneth V Jones, composer: scripts and scores 20th cent
  • Muriel Lilian Pavlow, actress and Derek Farr, actor: publicity, corresp, photographs and theatre programmes c1930-2006
  • Caroline Sax, script writer, director and producer: scripts and production papers 1980s-2000s
  • Ronald William Fordham Searle, artist and satirical cartoonist: prints, drawings, posters and storyboards rel to film work 20th cent
  • Irene Shubik, television producer: production papers, corresp and photographs c1959-2005
  • Terence Henry Stamp, actor: annotated scripts c1980-2012
  • Artificial Eye Film Co Ltd, film distributors, London: scripts, press and publicity material, accounts, legal papers and corresp 1960s -2000s
  • Pukka Films Ltd, motion picture producers, London: teaching notes for Pukka Films titles 2010-2011
  • Smart Egg Pictures, film production company, London: scripts, publicity material and stills
  • Papers rel to the film production of 'Herostratus' (1967), directed by Don Levy: corresp, production paperwork and manuscript script 1967-1968

British Library, Manuscript Collections

  • Valerie Margaret Steriker Finnis, horticulturist and photographer: personal and family papers and corresp 1861-2000 (Add MS 89038)
  • Sir Alec Guinness, actor: papers 1914-2003 (Add MS 89015)
  • Fritz Erwin Loewenstein, founder of the Shaw Society: collected papers rel to George Bernard Shaw 1878-1974 (Add MS 89008)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

  • Jo Clifford, playwright: personal and literary papers 1966-2013 (Acc.13458)

National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services

  • John Hefin, Welsh television director and head of drama at BBC Wales: papers c1941-2012 (Papurau John Hefin)
  • Angus McBean, Welsh photographer: visitors' book from his Endell Street, Covent Garden studio with over 1000 signatures incl Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Marlene Dietrich, Spike Milligan and all four Beatles c1949-1987 (NLW MS 24041D)

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

  • Records of Dr Roger Sawyer rel to Roger Casement incl audio interviews of individuals who met him and a typescript of a 1934 script outline for a proposed Hollywood film about Casement c1915-1978 (D4557)

Special

Bishopsgate Institute

  • Paul Hallam, writer: research papers, draft scripts, material and papers rel to film 'Nighthawks' c1900-2012 (HALLAM)

Wellcome Library

  • Michael Essex-Lopresti, Chairman of the Medical Film Appraisal Panel of the Scientific Film Association: papers rel to the BBC television programme "Your Life in Their Hands", and other medical broadcasts c1950-2005 (PP/LOP)

University

Cardiff University

  • Bernard Knight, forensic pathologist and writer: papers rel to literary work incl drafts of fiction, non-fiction, articles, scripts for TV and radio, corresp, press cutting and ephemera 1953-2008 (454)

Dundee University Archive, Records Management and Museum Services

  • Alexander Hannay, theatre proprietor: papers rel to the Prince of Wales/Grand Theatre, Glasgow; legal, financial and trust papers 1841-1957 (MS 354)
  • Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, playwright: scripts of "The VIPs" 1962 (2013/572)

Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections

  • Yolanda Sonnabend, theatre designer, artist: artwork 1969-1977 (Coll-1461)

Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)

  • Kane Cunningham, artist: material rel to the House Project bungalow at Knipe Point, Scarborough incl photographs, artworks and other records, (the house was expected to fall into the sea due to natural erosion and was used as a studio, an installation and as a location for performance art) 2009-2013 (U DKC)

King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

  • Brook Lapping Productions Ltd, documentary film makers: digital files and papers, chiefly of interviews and background information compiled for 'The Iraq War' television documentary, first broadcast 2013 2013 (IRAQ WAR)

Kingston University Archives and Special Collections

  • Sheridan Morley, author and critic: papers rel to work and the performing arts with theatre memorabilia 1704-2007 (KUAS48, KUAS108)

Leeds University Library, Special Collections

  • Michael Etherton, director: papers rel to African theatre incl corresp, manuscripts, journals and other records 1960-1989 (SPCOLL/2013/49)
  • John Percivale Moody, actor, director and designer: personal and working papers 1918-1996 (SPCOLL/2013/14)

Liverpool John Moores University

  • Fuse: New Theatre for Young People, Liverpool: records c1972-2013

Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Western Manuscripts

  • Alan Bennett, author and playwright: additional literary and personal papers with audio-visual material 20th-21st cent (Acc 7960)

Swansea University Archives

  • Elaine Morgan, screenwriter and author: research material and library rel to The Aquatic Ape hypothesis c1980-2010 (2013/24)

University of Bristol: Theatre Collection

  • Stephanie Cole, actress: additional papers rel to Coronation Street, Cabin Pressure and other productions (2013/065)
  • Cecil Frederick Crofton, actor: personal scrapbook incl letters, cuttings, photographs and playbills 1892-1922 (2013/035)
  • Flora Robson, actress: letters to John Whitehead and to Dolly and Mary Cleghorn with research papers of Richard Purver (2013/012)
  • Yolanda Sonnabend, theatre designer, artist: additional designs, production files and set models (2013/044)
  • David Walker, ballet, theatre and opera designer: corresp with Charles Rose family tree, costume design for Toreros in 'Carmen' 1972 (2013/13)
  • Susannah York, actress: cuttings, scripts programmes, AV material and ephemera rel to her professional career (2013/020)
  • Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, theatre company, Bristol: files, props and publicity material (2013/006)
  • Theatre Roundabout, theatre company, Golders Green: administrative and financial records, publicity material, props and costumes (2103/066)
  • Playscripts collected by John Hill (d 1979) technician, Northcott Theatre, Exeter (2013/021)

University of Reading: Special Collections

  • Samuel Barclay Beckett, author and dramatist: additional papers incl notebooks containing manuscript of 'Murphy', and corresp with Gunter Albrecht and Mira Avrech 1935-1974 (MS 5511, 5515, 5517)
  • Andrew Britton, film critic: additional papers incl notebooks and film critiques 1980s-1990s (MS 5506)
  • Stephen Dwoskin, film-maker: business papers, film files, photographs, films, promotional material and corresp c1960-2010 (MS 5502)