Fonds

Visual Publications Collection

Catalogue reference: Visual Publications

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This record is about the Visual Publications Collection dating from 1948-2005.

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Reference: Visual Publications
Title: Visual Publications Collection
Date: 1948-2005
Description: Educational filmstrips and accompanying transcripts covering a large number of subjects, including art history (painting, sculpture, and architecture), applied art, geography and the environment, history, science, and religion.
Note: Collection level description by Eleanor Possart, 2008.
Held by: Oxford Brookes University: Special Collections
Language: English
Creator(s): Visual Publications Ltd
Physical description: 4 filing cabinets and 65 boxes
Access conditions: 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.
Immediate source of acquisition: The company passed to Peter Loveday, and, after the closure of the company, the collection was donated by Peter Loveday and his wife Sarah (daughter of John Aspinwall).
Administrative / biographical background: Visual Publications Ltd was founded by John Aspinwall in 1948. He was one of the earliest producers of filmstrips for education and became the most successful audio-visual publisher in the country. The packs were produced primarily for the secondary school market. The company closed in 2005.
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c5ce7c6f-d243-4868-a537-c09a7c9656a3/