Brief talk at ARLIS event: Showcasing Leeds Art Libraries: Stories from the Collection Event showcased books and objects from the collections in art libraries in Leeds. Library and archive staff talked about some of the most interesting items, which tell a story and give an insight into their broader collections

Fisher, KJ

O'Brien, R

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Stories from the collection at Leeds Beckett UniversityKaren Fisher & Rob O’BrienShowcasing Leeds Art Libraries: Stories from the CollectionThe Tetley, Tuesday 17th April, 2018, 2-3.30 p.m.Archive and Special CollectionsThe Archive and Special Collections of Leeds Beckett University are currently held at the University’s Library situated at our HeadingleyCampus. We collect, describe and preserve material for future generations while seeking to promote knowledge of, and access to, this rich heritage for educational, professional and research purposes.The Archive and Special Collections are open to the public by appointment onlyhttp://libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/archivesLeeds College of Art Archive• Includes prospectuses, newspaper cuttings, pamphlets and letters• Collected over a long period beginning in the early 1920s• Leeds College of Art (1927–1970) grew out of the Leeds Mechanics Institute and went on to become a faculty of Leeds Polytechnic (later Leeds Metropolitan University and now Leeds Beckett University) and Jacob Kramer College (later Leeds College of Art and now Leeds Arts University) Arts education in LeedsDiagram created by Keith Rowntree,Principal Information Assistant – ArchivesFrom the Archive: press cuttingsLeeds School/College of Art newspaper cuttings book (1922–33)Leeds College of Art newspaper cuttings book (1966–73)From the Archive: press cuttingsCoverage of the police raid of the Lovers and Romances exhibition at the Leeds Institute Gallery in 1966, and the subsequent trial (for obscenity) of Stass Paraskos (student, 1956–58, and, later, teacher at Leeds College of Art).From the Archive: press cuttings1927 newspaper article by College Principal Harold H. Holden, who argues that the citizens of Leeds have the power to appreciate and create beauty. Holden suggests imagining which buildings one likes best, simple arrangement of household objects, not littering the streets, protesting the cutting down of trees, and asking for more open spaces. From the Archive: press cuttingsNotification of the appointment of 24-year-old Loris H. Rey as head of the sculpture department in 1927.Notification of the appointment of Douglas S. Andrews as Principal of the Leeds College of Art, at a salary of £900 a year, in 1928.From the Archive: press cuttingsThe Observer, in 1973, reports on the absorption of arts colleges into the new polytechnics. Design lecturers at Leeds welcome the new contacts with engineering and commerce departments. Fine arts lecturers point out that their retreat has been “invaded by organisation men with their schedules and their committees”. Our correspondent wonders if by injecting a sense of humour into higher education the fine artists will “find themselves being tolerated as the court jesters to our modern palaces of technology”. From the Archive: booksBooks by Norbert Lynton (1927–2007), art historian and critic, who lectured on the History of Art and Architecture at Leeds College of Art from 1950–61.The Library’s main collectionLocated in the University’s Leslie Silver Building in its City Campus, the Sheila Silver Library contains the collections of print books and journals (along with extensive online collections) for the School of Art, Architecture and Design. Main collection: booksBooks, indicating a diversity of research expertise, by current lecturing staff Dr Kiff Bamford and Dr Julia Kelly.Main collection: articlesArticle by Dr Alan Dunn (Senior Lecturer at the School of Art, Architecture and Design), published in the Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, accessible from the Library’s online journal collection.Leeds Beckett RepositoryArticle by Dr Jill Gibbon (Senior Lecturer at the School of Art, Architecture and Design) and Christine Sylvester (University of Connecticut) available from the Leeds Beckett Repository.Lecturer research profileProfile of Dr Lisa Stansbie, Dean of School – School of Art, Architecture and Design, on the Leeds Arts Research Centre website.Contact detailsKaren Fisher & Rob O’Brienfisher.obrien@leedsbeckett.ac.uk0113 812 1106 / 0113 812 4240@LibFisherObrienAcademic Librarians for Art, Architecture and Design

Stories from the collection at Leeds Beckett University

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