Category Archives: Highlights from the Collections

Opening of the ‘Iris Murdoch and Philippa Foot: An Arc of Friendship’ Exhibition at Kingston Museum

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Katie Giles

Last week saw the opening of the ‘Iris Murdoch and Philippa Foot: An Arc of Friendship’ exhibition at Kingston Museum.  The exhibition is the culmination of a project on the letters from Iris Murdoch to Philippa Foot supported by the … Continue reading →

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New Collection: The Stephen Sondheim Society Archive

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Katie Giles

We are delighted to announce our newest archival collection- the Stephen Sondheim Society Archive.  This collection is a treasure trove of musical theatre memorabilia capturing highlights of the career of renowned composer Stephen Sondheim, who has composed many well known … Continue reading →

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Catalogue Entries for Additional items from the Sheridan Morley Theatre Collection online

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Katie Giles

We are delighted to announce that catalogue entries for many more items in the Sheridan Morley Theatre Collection are now available on our online catalogue. The Sheridan Morley Theatre Collection holds a wealth of performing arts related material collected by … Continue reading →

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‘Oh Yes There Is!’- Pantomime in the Cary Ellison Theatre Programme Collection

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Katie Giles

Back in January, we introduced our readers to the Cary Ellison Theatre Programme Collection.  Cary Ellison worked as a talent spotter for Spotlight magazine from 1953 to 1980, and we are fortunate enough to hold his theatre programmes for the … Continue reading →

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Kingston University Photographs

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Dayna Miller

This extensive collection covers events which have taken place in and around the University since the 1910s; from Gipsy Hill Teaching College, Kingston Technical College and Kingston Polytechnic to Kingston University as we know it today. These include photographs of … Continue reading →

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Theatre Collections

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Dayna Miller

The Brian Smith Theatre Programme Collection Brian Smith was an avid theatregoer who kept the programme for every show he attended. Brian organised the programmes alphabetically by theatre and that is how they remain ordered in the archive. It is … Continue reading →

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New Additions to the Sheridan Morley Theatre Collection

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Katie Giles

We are delighted to announce the addition of a number of items to our Sheridan Morley Theatre Collection.  The majority of the new additions are books, adding even more valuable content to Sheridan Morley’s extensive library on all aspects of … Continue reading →

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New Collection: Letters from Iris Murdoch to Philippa Foot

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Katie Giles

We are delighted to announce a new addition to the Iris Murdoch Collections held within the Archives and Special Collections- letters written from Iris Murdoch to her friend and fellow philosopher Philippa Foot.  There are approximately 250 letters written from … Continue reading →

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Sports at Kingston University

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Katie Giles

As many of us are enjoying watching the Olympics, we’re taking a look at sport in the history of Kingston University.  Throughout the history of the University and its many predecessor bodies sport has been an important part of our … Continue reading →

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Collection of the Month- Vane Ivanovic Collection

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Katie Giles

Recently we posted about the Olympic Games related records from our Vane Ivanovic Collection, for this month’s Collection of the Month we’re going to look at the Collection as a whole. Vane Ivanovic was born in Yugoslavia (in present-day Croatia) … Continue reading →

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