Engaging with the archive
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Engaging with the Archive: The Experience of a University Museum
Jo Elsworth
University Museums
Collections at University of Bristol
Theatre Collection
Map of London from Civitates Orbis Terrarum,
published by G Braun and F Hogenberg, 1572. National Review of Live Art, 2009.
(All performances recorded on miniDV)
Above: University Summer School for the Visually Impaired
Left: Students consulting a model of the Studio Theatre
Our role
Teaching: Primary Research Skills
The Room, 2007. Photographer: Graham BurkeThe Room, 1957 Photographer: Unknown
Teaching: Creative Engagement
Undergraduate Production, The Exhibitionists. 2008Photographer: Graham Burke
Eric Jones Evans’ Make Up Box
Research: Cultural Stagings
Tree as Fagin, Oliver Twist, 1905 Poster advertising first study day (2008)
Research: 2MP Project
Cornish Ordinalia, Bristol Drama Dept. 1969
Medieval Players Archive, Deposited 2009
External Collaboration:Bristol Old Vic
Theatre Royal Auditorium c 1950.
Richard Southern Collection
Redevelopment works 1972/3
Bristol Old Vic Archive
Collaborations with Practitioners: National Review of Live Art
Anne Seagrave Jamais Vu, 2007.
Photographer: Manuel Vason
Contemporary Challenges: Franko B Archive
Franko B and his archive,
Toynbee Studio, London. 2008
Franko B archive
Franko B. Mama I can’t sing, 1995 (left)
Franko B. I Miss You, 2000 (above)
Photographer: Manuel Vason
Plus papers, photography, artwork, A/V recordings (various formats), digital media and an apple mac along with clothes, objects, props and other “bio-hazards”
Franko B archive
The Drama Research Centre
NVB Architects: Street View