Hello,
You might be interested in this new archive available at Middlesex
University
Matt
PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release: 26 November
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THE LESBIAN AND GAY NEWSMEDIA ARCHIVE OPENS TO THE PUBLIC
The Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive (020 8411 5044), recently
opened at Middlesex University's Cat Hill campus in north London, houses
the only collection of media cuttings covering all aspects of lesbian and
gay life from the 1930s to the present time.
Volunteers have spent time sorting the cuttings to make the archive
available to the public - especially those studying visual culture and the
influence of media on public and private attitudes, and also to law
students, twentieth century historians, psychologists and social
scientists. They have also been invited to address a staff training day on
Social
Exclusion at the Public Record Office in Kew, London.
The Rt Hon Chris Smith MP says, "It is a timely initiative, and will help
to ensure that the history of lesbian and gay issues and causes is properly
recorded. I wish you all the very best with the project."
Currently, over 80,000 items of news from the 'straight' press are
available at The Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive which covers all the
crucial
periods of change of gay life and spans a broad range of topics, including
the arts, film, television, personalities and censorship. A subject
classification of the cuttings available can be seen on the Archive's
website at: http://hallcarpenter.tripod.com/hca/presscut.html
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Matt Holland - Subject Librarian - Bournemouth Media School. Bournemouth
University,
Dorset House Library, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5BB,
UK.
Tel: ++ 44 1202 595460 Fax: ++ 44 1202 595475 E-mail:
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