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Reference Number (Click this to reveal full catalogue structure)HA
TitleHome and Away
Datec.1930s-1970s
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Extent4 boxes
DescriptionHome and Away is a collection of advertisements, catalogues, and other promotional ephemera, mainly related to domestic products and travel. It represents the kind of advertisements a mid-century couple would encounter throughout their lifetime.
Multimedia

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CustodialHistoryThis collection was kindly donated to LJMU Special Collections & Archives in 2011 by Roger Webster, former Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professional, and Social Sciences. The material was originally compiled by Webster's godfather Francis Frederick Clough, the solicitor, HiFi enthusiast, and compiler of the World's Encyclopaedia of Recorded Music (WERM), and his wife Clara Elisabeth Robinson who was an artist, graphic and textile designer, contemporary of L S Lowry, and compiler of promotional catalogues for domestic products. The couple also travelled widely and kept leaflets and brochures to document their excursions.
Related MaterialClough's collection of material for his World Encyclopedia of Recorded Music (WERM) was deposited by Roger Webster at the National Sound Archive in the British Library in the early 2000s. This collection was compiled mostly in the 1940s and eventually taken on by a publisher in addition to Clough's work with an RAF officer who was recuperating from a crash.

Clara Elisabeth Robinson also has a substantial art collection in private hands, with a possible view to deposition at the University of Salford archives.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsPlease note that this collection is currently uncatalogued, but you can still browse a provisional box list of items attached within the Multimedia field. Be aware that access to some of these records may be closed or restricted because they contain personal data which identifies people who may be alive in accordance with data protection legislation, or other sensitive information. Please contact archives@ljmu.ac.uk for all appointments and enquiries.
LocationSC 24/2
LanguageEnglish
CreatorChristopher Olive, Assistant Archivist 2024
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