Cuttings Collection
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A collection of cuttings from newspapers (predominately local but occasionally national) that pertain to Southend-on-Sea and it's history or points of interest.
Collated into various formats:
- Bound Cuttings Books (newspaper cuttings pasted into a book in chronological order)
- Cuttings Folders (sorted by general topic of the cutting)
- Loose Cuttings (held in boxes and magazine holders. Very limited connection and organisation)
Cuttings were collated by Southend Libraries librarians as a daily task. No new cuttings since 2013.
Title:
Cuttings Collection
Creator:
Date of work:
Dates unclear
Search dates:
01 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 2013
Reference number:
CUT
Level of description:
Collection
Type of materials:
Textual material
Includes:
Custodial history:
Newspaper cuttings relevant to Southend and surrounding area were collected and collated together based off of either chronology or topic. This was a daily task done by the Librarians until circa 2013. Some of the cuttings were bound into volumes, others collated into folders and the rest left loose in vague groupings.No record of where they were stored prior to the move from Victoria Avenue to The Forum in 2013, although there is reference to the cuttings being accessible within the Reading Room at Central Library.Since 2013 the cuttings were stored in three different places. The bound volumes were within the Glass Cabinets in the Local Studies area, the cuttings in folders are on the open shelves in the Local Studies Area and the loose cuttings were stored in boxes and magazine holders in the Archive Room.In late 2023/early 2024 some of the loose cuttings in the archive room were grouped together by topic into magazine holders which were then labelled. Some of these folders were moved onto the open shelves in the Local Studies area, the rest remain in the Archive Room.An attempt to catalogue the cuttings and their contents was began in 2022. (Records for Finding Aids on Spydus).
Finding aids note:
There is an index for some of the cuttings collection. Items with an index will have their Finding Aid linked within their record.
Access restrictions:
Restrictions varyFor cuttings in Glass Cabinets a member of staff would need to be contacted for access to the key.For cuttings in the Archive Room these are viewable by appointment. Please contact digitalofficers@southend.gov.ukFor cuttings on the shelves of the Local Studies Area there are no restrictions.
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
General notes:
The cuttings are a selection of newspaper articles. Not all newspaper articles pertaining to Southend-on-Sea and the surrounding area will have a corresponding cutting.
Location of originals:
Cuttings from the Southend Standard, Evening Echo, Southend Times, Southend Observer and Chelmsford Chronicle have microfiche copies. These are accessible in the microfiche cabinets within the Local Studies Area.
Places:
Record types:
Scrapbooks
Other titles:
Local History Cuttings CollectionNewspaper Cuttings Collection
Language:
English
Record number:
10411916
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