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Title
Date(s)
- 1974 - 2020 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
6 boxes, 1 set of stage hangings, 1 cylindrical package, 3 framed artworks
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Kate Charlesworth is a cartoonist and artist who has regularly contributed to LGBT and equality campaigns with her art. In 1988, when Clause 28 of the Local Government Act was pushing to ban the promotion of and education about homosexuality, she and three other local cartoonists produced a series of postcards to campaign against it. Her work has appeared in LGBT publications such as “The Pink Paper”, “Gay News”, “Strip AIDS”, and “Dyke’s Delight”, as well as “The Guardian”, “The Independent” and “New Internationalist”. She has also illustrated multiple books, including The Cartoon History of Time (2013), All That – the Other Half of History (1986), and Sally Heathcote: Suffragette (2014). Further, she has done work for the National Association of Local Government Officers (NALGO), a union which merged with two others to form UNISON in 1993. Her work has appeared in several exhibitions, including Rainbow City in 2006, and sh[OUT] in 2009. Her autobiography, Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide, was published in 2019, and explores the evolution of LGBT experiences and perceptions in society from the 1950s to present day. She is openly lesbian, and currently lives with her partner in Scotland.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers and ephemera relating to Kate Charlesworth. Includes: correspondence, magazines, newspapers, t-shirts, mugs, DVDs, pamphlets, vitrines and other ephemera.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Further accruals expected
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Swedish
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
DVDs require DVD player
Finding aids
Descriptive list available on request info@womenslibrary.org.uk
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
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Name access points
- Kate Charlesworth, cartoonist, 1950- (Subject)
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Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2000)
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Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Created by Kate Aitkenhead, April 2022
Language(s)
- English