Contemporary Commission Collection - Moss Side, Manchester. By Clement Cooper

IDENTITY STATEMENT AREA

Reference code(s): DPA/ C6

Title: Contemporary Commission Collection - Moss Side, Manchester. By Clement Cooper

Date(s): September 1987 - November 1987

Level of description: Sub- fond

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 507 black and white negatives and prints, five items of documentation

CONTEXT AREA

Name of creator(s): Clement Cooper

Administrative/Biographical history: The Commission was established in 1985 and this collection is one of 13 collections that document various aspects of life in the North- West from 1985 to the present. The collections comprise of a written record of the photographer during the life of the commission, negatives and contact sheets of all the photographs and documentation of exhibitions held or publications produced from the commission. (See GMCRO web site for further details)

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CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

Scope and content: The commission is a consolidation of work undertaken in the Church of God in Moss Side and the Robin Hood pub. The collection is organised into the following sections:

Negatives, contact sheets, and photographs on the Church (Ref: C6/1)

Negatives, contact sheets, and photographs on the on the pub (Ref: C6/2)

Tape recordings (Ref: C6/3)

Printed ephemera acquired in the course of the commission and miscellaneous material (ref:C6/4)

Material relating to the exhibition (ref:C6/5)

Material relating to the publication (ref:C6/6)

Prints supplies by Clement Cooper which did not form part of the current commission(ref:C6/7)

Correspondence (ref:C6/8)

Material deposited 14 September 1992(Ref: C6/9)

Material deposited 29 September 1993 (ref:C6/10)

Subsequent deposits and an appendix listing the prints supplied by the photographer.

The photographs include church and pub scenes, attendees and pub goers, as well as close-ups of children, young adults and elders of African and African-Caribbean descent. The tape recordings are of sermons preached at the Church of God and of group conversations with churchgoers. There is also a transcript of a discussion between Clement Cooper and Audrey Linkman of DPA. The issues highlighted in the study undertaken at the Church of God include social customs and dress, youth culture, elders and missionaries, and the issues highlighted in the study of the Robin Hood and other clubs (Volta Club, African Corner) include social life and customs, social relations across a range of cultures and backgrounds.

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Language/scripts of material: English

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Finding aids: Printed catalogues

ALLIED MATERIALS AREA

Existence and location of originals: The Greater Manchester County Record Office. Please contact repository for further information

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DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA

Recorder's note:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Interest: Black

Specific group: People of African and African-Caribbean descent

Subjects

Photography

Religions

Ethnic groups

Customs and traditions

Christianity

Communities

Personal/Corporate names

Cooper, Clement

Places

Manchester, United Kingdom