| Description | Acc: 2012/136 (temporary location, may need to be moved later):
Photographic prints relating to Birmingham Reference Library, Radcliffe Place (demolished 1974) and Birmingham Central Library, Chamberlain Square (opened 1974). A range of copyright holders are represented in this accession, not all of whom have been identified [as at 01/09/2015].
NOTE: This temporary box structure is based on the box labels, as found in LSH during preparations for move to LoB. The actual contents of these boxes does exactly correspond to the labels, given the level of general access to these boxes granted to staff and public for various projects over many years in BCL. Any future cataloguing activity will need to bear this in mind. Particular attention needs to be paid to dates and copyright holders for individual prints.
Box 1 - Radcliffe Place PWD photographs [September / October 1971 [may include other copyright holders]
Box 2 - Radcliffe Place PWD photographs [1971 - 1972] [may include other copyright holders]
Box 3 - Radcliffe Place Demolition
Box 4 - Chamberlain Square construction:
Includes photographs by The Architects' Journal; Birmingham Post & Mail; Miss B. Hancock and others [more work is needed to identify these - 01/09/2015]
Box 5 - Chamberlain Square:
Exterior views; interior views; staff; official opening; laying of foundation stone; mystery plays;
Exterior views include prints by Aerofilms [aerial view]; The Architect's Journal; BCC Public Works Department; Birmingham Post & Mail; The British Council; Willoughby Gullaschen (Gus) [includes aerial view]; Logan Photography; John Madin Design Group; D. Wright;
Interior views include prints by The Architects' Journal; BCC Design & photography Team; Logan Photography;
Box 6 - Chamberlain Square - the move from Radcliffe Place
Box 7 - Chamberlain Square [1970s - 1990s] [includes model of proposed scheme 1967]
Includes photographs by Birmingham Post & Mail; Logan Photographers
Box 8 - Chamberlain Square:
Archives; Lending; History & Geography; High Days; Social Sciences; Language & Literature; Quick Reference; Children's Department; Science; Local Studies; Sidetracked; Shakespeare; Art in the City;
Box 9 - Chamberlain Square:
Photographs by Roy Peters [1990];
Box 10 - Chamberlain Square:
Domesday; Women's Book; Meet the Decade Days; Keypoint; Reflections of Japan; In the Past;
Box 11 - Radcliffe Place - Exterior
Box 12 - Radcliffe Place - Interior. Includes prints by Birmingham Post & Mail; R.W. Jones; Lewis & Randall Ltd; E.H. Sargeant;
Box 13 - Radcliffe Place - Lending
Box 14 - Radcliffe Place - Reference
Box 15 - Radcliffe Place - Shakespeare Room. Includes prints by Francis Frith & Co;
Box 16 - Radcliffe Place - Exterior - large print
Box 17 - Radcliffe Place - outsize prints |