Collections
The CETLD Partners' Collections and Archives
The University of Brighton
Aldrich Collection
Initiated in 1995 by Michael and Sandy Aldrich, the Aldrich Collection comprises about 300 works of contemporary visual art. The vast majority of these have been produced by students and tutors working at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Brighton, as well as its distinguished institutional precursors in art and design education which go back over 140 years.
Design Archives
The University of Brighton Design Archives comprise twelve collections that enhance understanding of the designed environment, the design profession and design practice. Their focus is on British design in the twentieth century although there is much of international significance, particularly in the areas of graphic and communication design
Screen Archives South East
Established in 1992, the Screen Archives South East contains over 5000 items of diverse material including newsreels, family footage, feature films and amateur footage depicting various aspects of daily life, work and creativity.
The Royal College of Art
The RCA’s special collections and archives include a substantial photographic archive of student work, a comprehensive library on the subject of colour, and papers relating to the history of the College itself.
Photographic archive of student work
The photographic archive includes a unique collection of over 30,000 colour slides documenting student work in the RCA graduate degree shows from the 1950s to the early 21st century.
Colour Reference Library
The College is also home to the Colour Reference Library (CRL), a collection of books on every aspect of the subject of colour. The second largest of its kind in the world, the CRL contains a wide range of information which fuses science and art, theory and practice.
College archive / Artists’ books
Other collections held at the RCA include the RCA Archive which documents the history and work of the College through manuscripts and publications, including degree show catalogues and the student magazine ARK. The Library also has a growing collection of artists’ books, which includes works by RCA staff and students.
The Royal Institute of British Architects
The British Architectural Library
Part of the RIBA Trust, is the largest and most comprehensive resource in Britain for research and information on all aspects of architecture and the built environment. In addition to architecture and town planning, the collections also contain material on related disciplines including the decorative arts, exhibitions, furniture, interior design and sculpture. Comprising near 4 million items, the Library’s collections are housed on two sites: the Books & Periodicals Collections, the Photographs Collections and the Information Centre are housed in the British Architectural Library at the RIBA headquarters at 66 Portland Place, London W1, whilst the Drawings & Archives Collections are based at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7.
RIBApedia
The Architectural Research Wiki can seen at: http://wiki-riba01.seoss.co.uk/wiki/Main_Page
RIBApedia is a collaborative, free source of information relating to architectural research. RIBApedia is an intiative led by the RIBA Research & Development Department, and is intended to benefit the wider academic community, including researchers, practitioners, students, academics and information professionals.
The Victoria and Albert Museum
Located near Olympia in west London, the Victoria and Albert Museum Archives comprise three units:
- the Archive of Art and Design
- the Beatrix Potter Collections
- the V&A Archive
Please follow the link for more information about the V&A archive collections
