Collection KC - Kate Charlesworth Archive

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1534 KC

Title

Kate Charlesworth Archive

Date(s)

  • 1974 - 2020 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

6 boxes, 1 set of stage hangings, 1 cylindrical package, 3 framed artworks

Context area

Name of creator

(1950 -)

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.

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

    Alternative identifier(s)

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    Description control area

    Description identifier

    KC

    Institution identifier

    GB 1534

    Rules and/or conventions used

    ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2000)

    Status

    Draft

    Level of detail

    Partial

    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Created by Kate Aitkenhead, April 2022

    Language(s)

    • English

    Script(s)

      Sources

      Accession area