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Bob Godfrey Archive

Bob Godfrey - internationally celebrated animator who founded the Animation programme at UCA Farnham – we hold his scripts, storyboards, correspondence, and animation cels.

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Diagram Group Archive

Founded by Bob Chapman and Bruce Robertson in 1960’s. Diagram was one of the most prolific creators of visual information books in the 20th century – we care for most of its manuscripts and original artwork.

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Drew Gallery Projects

Evidence of the earliest developments in East Kent of the role of public art and regeneration between 1980s and 90s. Sandra Drew curated temporary art and sculpture exhibitions alongside the Canterbury Festival - the collection documents its history through posters, reviews, and photographs.

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Herbert Read Gallery Records

The archive consists administrative and publicity material generated by the gallery between 1983-2007 - exhibiting artists include Yoko Ono, Jeremy Deller, Mike Nelson, Fischli & Weiss, Adam Chodzko, Susan Hiller.

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Tessa Boffin Archive

Tessa Boffin - photographer and performance artist, this collection reflects her artistic practice developed around LGBTQ, gay and lesbian culture and producing work in response to HIV/AIDS.

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Working Press Archive

Books by and about working-class artists and other marginalised groups of artists. Collected by Stefan Szczelkun,1986-1996 - contains correspondence, conference material, publicity, published book collection, pamphlets, and zines.

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Business Card Collection

A unique private collection – 240,000 business cards from across the world dating from the mid-nineteenth century demonstrating the development of the business calling card as a medium of advertising.

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University Archive

The 150 years of history and records of the University and its founding colleges - including a sample of prospectuses, student work magazines, news reports and photographs. Catalogued and listed under each respective college.

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