Photographs by Sukhvinder Singh Ubhi

IDENTITY STATEMENT AREA

Reference code(s): MS 2265

Title: Photographs by Sukhvinder Singh Ubhi

Date(s): 1993 - 2000

Level of description: Fonds

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 30 photographs

CONTEXT AREA

Name of creator(s): Sukhvinder Singh Ubhi

Administrative/Biographical history: Sukhivinder Singh Ubhi is the official photographer for the Namdhari Community Centre and the Ashram Housing Association in Birmingham. He has covered events in the Sikh community across Britain, and his photographs have been published in Birmingham and Punjabi newspapers. His images of the 1999 Vaisakhi Festival were exhibited at Soho House Museum in Birmingham

Archival history: Deposited with the archive by the photographer, 1999-2000

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer:

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

Scope and content: Sukhi Ubhi’s photographs document the Birmingham Sikh community’s Vaisakhi celebrations of 1993 and 1999. As well as images of the procession through the city, the collection also includes portraits of many of the civic leaders and performers involved in the festival.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: Permission to destroy not given

Accruals: Further accruals are expected from the depositor

System of arrangement: The photographs are arranged chronologically, by each festival/event

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA

Conditions governing access: The collection can be accessed by the public, preferably by prior arrangement

Conditions governing reproduction: Photographs may not be photocopied. Photographic copies for personal use may be taken without the depositor’s consent. All other requests (e.g. for publication) must be cleared with the depositor

Language/scripts of material: English

Physical characteristics: photographs

Finding aids: Printed catalogue available

ALLIED MATERIALS AREA

Existence and location of originals: Birmingham City Archive, Central Library, Chamberlain Square
Birmingham B3 3HQ

Existence and location of copies:

Related units of description: Other photographs by Sukhi Ubhi are held in Local Studies and History Department Central Library Chamberlain Square
Birmingham B3 3HQ

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA

Recorder's note: Compiled by David Bishop

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.

Date(s) of descriptions: February 2002

Interest: Asian

Specific group: Sikh community

Subjects

Photographs

Asian peoples

Cultural events

Festivals

Sikhism

Personal/Corporate names

Namdhari Community Centre

Ashram Housing Association

Ubhi, Sukhvinder Singh

Places

Birmingham, United Kingdom