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Paul Oliver Vernacular Architecture Library
Catalogue reference: POVAL
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This record is about the Paul Oliver Vernacular Architecture Library dating from 20th century.
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- POVAL
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Title (The name of the record)
- Paul Oliver Vernacular Architecture Library
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Date (When the record was created)
- 20th century
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Description (What the record is about)
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The collection consists primarily of books, of which some 1,500 are at Oxford Brookes University (CAVES). Also included is a collection of slides of vernacular architecture taken in all continents over a period of 45 years, booklets, folders, leaflets, regional guides and other small publications, as well as a large collection of photographs and ephemera. Journals are not numerous in the vernacular field, but the collection includes complete runs of 'Vernacular Architecture' (UK), 'Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review' (US), and shorter runs of 'Architecture Vernaculaire' (France), 'Maisons Paysannes', 'Architectural Association Journal', 'RIBA Journal', and others.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the Oxfordshire Society of Architects Collection
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Oxford Brookes University: Special Collections
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Paul Oliver
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6,000 books; 9,000 journals, theses, ephemera; 30,000 slides; 15,000 photographs and negatives; ~2,000 postcards and stamps; ~400 drawings and maps
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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All users external to the University are required to register before using the collections. Collections must be viewed in the Special Collections Reading Room and users must abide by the Reading Room regulations.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- The published material can be search via Oxford Brookes' library catalogue https://oxfordbrookes.on.worldcat.org/discovery. A listing for the archive material is available on request.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Dr Paul Oliver MBE was an associate lecturer for the Department of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University. He wrote numerous publications in vernacular architecture, and is the editor of the four-volume Encyclopaedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World (CUP). Dr Oliver was connected with Oxford Brookes for many years, and was Associate Head of the School of Architecture between 1978 and 1988. He died in 2017 aged 90
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/753e8aac-8317-4808-9146-ee0375da2846/
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Paul Oliver Vernacular Architecture Library