Personal Papers of John La Rose

Item

Title of collection or material

Personal Papers of John La Rose

Finding aid

Significant contributors

Creation dates

1940s-2010s

Source institution

General notes

The Personal Papers of John La Rose include personal correspondence files, notebooks, the majority of JLR's own manuscripts, family photos, audio and audio-visual material. This is supplemented by files of contextual material gathered by JLR, plus examples of posters and artwork of interest to him. The collection ends with tributes and tribute events surrounding JLR's funeral in 2006.

Content notes

The catalogue has been divided into 10 areas or sub-fonds:
LRA/01: Personal Correspondence and Topic Files (1950s-2000s)
LRA/02: Notebooks (1966-2005)
LRA/03: Manuscripts (1950s-2010s)
LRA/04: Posters and Artwork (1960s-2000s)
LRA/05: Photographs (c.1940s-2000s. Plus small number of historic family photos from c.1900).
LRA/06: Contextual Material: Topics of Interest (1970s-2000s)
LRA/07: Contextual Material: Caribbean, South and North America (1950s-2000s)
LRA/08: Contextual Material: Africa, Asia and South Pacific (1970s-2000s)
LRA/09: Audio and Audio-Visual Material (1966-2009)
LRA/10: Funeral, Tributes, Tribute Events (1998-2007)

Type

Extent

115 boxes

Language

Call number

GB 2904 LRA

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