Minority Arts Archive

Title: Minority Arts Archive

Description: The Minority Arts Archive is that of the now defunct Minority Arts Advisory Service (MAAS) that grew from a 1976 research initiative entitled 'The Arts Britain Ignores'. Through their research work MAAS aimed to discover the kind of arts activities taking place in different ethnic minority communities.

The archive consists of 15 archive boxes of material covering the period 1976 to 1996 and comprising annual reports, reviews and appraisals, course notes and information sheets, official newspapers and magazines, arts journals, arts organisations reports, performing arts prospectuses, videos, exhibition catalogues, and photographs.

To consult this material please contact the Modern Records Centre c/o University Library, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. Tel: +44(0) 24 7652 4219. Fax: +44(0) 24 7652 4211. E-mail: archives@warwick.ac.uk.

Strengths: The archive covers minority arts in Britain 1976-1996, and its main strength is its collection of photographs.

Size: c.15 archival boxes of material

Catalogue: Talis

Catalogue URL: http://opac.warwick.ac.uk/

Main URL: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/index.shtml

Access: The collection is held as an archive in the University of Warwick's Modern Records Centre and may be consulted in the Centre, under the supervision of its staff. The Centre is open to all serious researchers. Members of the public are advised to make an appointment in advance of a visit.

Acquisition dates: 1976-1996

Note:

Interest: Asian, Black

Complete: Complete

Subjects

Customs and traditions

Arts

Ethnic groups

Personal/Corporate names

Minority Arts Advisory Service

Places