Learning on ScreenJOHN RYLANDS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF MANCHESTER
- Description
- Various collections relating to British film and theatre.
- Website
- http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/
- Keywords
- Cinema; Theatre; Educational television; Dean, Basil; Donat, Robert; London Film Productions; Mansfield Cooper, Sir William; Schools Programmes, television
- Access
- By prior arrangement for those outside the university.
- Access for outsiders
- Yes
Moving Image, Audio and Related Documentation Holdings
- Books
- Some material at main site, open access, eg American Studies material.
- Manuscripts
- Robert Donat archive (film star, actor) - new acquisition, uncatalogued; papers of Sir William Mansfield Cooper, former Manchester University Vice-Chancellor, re setting up of Schools Television in the early days of ITV (provisional typescript catalogue). Archive of Basil Dean (theatre impresario and pioneer of the British Film Industry) containing papers relating to Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, RKO, Associated Talking Pictures Ltd and London Film Productions, 1928-1944.
- Still Images
- A few items, e.g. in L.P.Hartley archive (The Go-Between).
Catalogues
- Online catalogue
- Yes (printed books).
- Library OPAC
- Yes (printed books).
- Card catalogue
- Yes (printed books).
- Digitised catalogue
- No, possibility being investigated.
Main Contact
- Name
- Dr. Stella Butler
- Job title
- Head of Special Collections
- Department
- John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate, MANCHESTER M3 3EH
- Telephone
- 0161 834 5343
- Fax
- 0161 834 5574
- stella.v.butler@man.ac.uk
- Address
- Manchester University
150 Deansgate
Manchester
M3 3EH
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