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'Archives and Society' seminar series, 2011 For the first time, on Tuesday 29 March, we will be video-streaming the seminar live online with an additional live chat facility. We are excited to welcome Leon Robinson from the Positive Steps Organisation to speak about 'Unveiling the unknown: archiving the Black contribution to the performing arts over three centuries' ˇ Venue: Institute of Historical Research, Senate House ˇ Time: 5:30pm ˇ Cost: free Booking is required for this seminar - please email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> to book your place, or please do join us online! POSITIVE STEPS Positive Steps is a leading arts and heritage organisation with over 20 years experience and holder of one of the largest archival collection of Black theatre and entertainment history in Britain. Positive Steps is committed to highlighting, presenting and celebrating over 200 years of lost chapters of the British stage and entertainment scene, re-awakening forgotten traditions. Positive Steps seeks to develop fresh innovative mechanisms to convey knowledge and history to all people. The organisation is continuously looking to work with new partners who can enhance and help them deliver this vision, in order to highlight this hidden legacy and to engage with audiences and artists in as many exciting ways as possible. Positive Steps Collections: 1. The Black Victorian Entertainers 2. Enslavement Histories 3. The Black Edwardian Performers 4. Ira Aldridge 5. The Black presence in British Music Hall 6. Les Ballet Negrés 7. Adelaide Hall collection ........................ Ruth Roberts Research and Academic Liaison Advisor The National Archives tel: 020 8392 5330 (ext 2625) website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/> Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives Disclaimer This email message (and attachments) may contain information that is confidential to The National Archives. If you are not the intended recipient you cannot use, distribute or copy the message or attachments. In such a case, please notify the sender by return email immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of The National Archives are neither given nor endorsed by it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra