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Achievement of Accredited status
The Theatre Collection is proud to announce that in May 2009 it was awarded
Accredited status by the
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
Gaining the award is a great achievement and
demonstrates that our museum has met the MLA's nationally agreed standards on how to care for
and document collections, how to govern and manage the museum and the provision of information
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Arnold Ridley archive available online
The personal archive of Arnold Ridley OBE (1896-1984) can be searched via the Theatre Collection's
online catalogue.
Achieving fame as author of The Ghost Train and Private Godfrey in Dad's Army,
the collection reveals Ridley's career as both successful actor and playwright.
For more information about this collection visit our
Arnold Ridley Collection page.
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Bristol's Theatrical Heritage Online
A collection of letters written to members of the Macready/Chute family, who managed the Bristol
Theatre Royal, the New Theatre Royal in Park Row (later renamed the Prince's Theatre) and the
Bath Theatre Royal, have been catalogued and digitised.
The letters, which cover the period 1797 to 1937, can now be viewed via the
online catalogue.
Further information about the history of theatre in Bristol can be found on our
Bristol Theatre page.
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Theatre Collection Launches Online Picture Library
Over 1,500 digital images documenting the history of theatre are now available for viewing
and free educational use.br>
For more information about this project go to our
Projects page.
View a selection of the available
images, or search the online catalogue.
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Grand Designs: Julia Trevelyan Oman Archive
A catalogue of the lifetime's work of one of the most celebrated theatre, television,
ballet and opera designers of the second half of the twentieth century is now available
online, with over 150 digital images available for viewing and free educational use.
For more information about this project go to our
Projects page.
View images of Oman's life and work and read
about her archive, or search the
online catalogue.
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Illumination: The Magic Lantern Slide Project
Over 400 magic lantern slides have been catalogued and digitised and are now available
for viewing and free educational use.
For more information about this project go to our
Projects page.
View a selection of the
digital images available via the online catalogue, or see a
slide show on our Collections page.
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For further information about the Theatre Collection please tel. 0117 331 5086 (daytime)
or email theatre-collection@bristol.ac.uk.
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