The Stephen Herbert Archive
The Centre for Early Cinema in Leeds is in its initial stage of development at Leeds Beckett University. The Stephen Herbert Archive will be a cornerstone of that development. Access at this stage can be arranged through Professor Robert Shail of Leeds School of Arts at Beckett: r.shail@leedsbeckett.ac.uk. Full access will be available as soon as scoping of the project is complete.
The Centre will also house Stephen’s collection of over 500 books on early visual media.
Some of Stephen’s collections have been donated to The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter, including his research papers on Magic Mirrors, Wordsworth Donisthorpe and Theodore Brown. The papers are currently being catalogued but can still be accessed for research in their reading room. Contact bdc@exeter.ac.uk for further details.
A stipend in Stephen’s name for up to £500 will also be advertised in April. This will be for a scholar or independent researcher to visit The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum to research the optical media or early cinema collections.
The Curator, Dr. Phil Wickham says: “We particularly welcome applications from postgraduates, early career scholars or independent researchers who would otherwise find it difficult to fund such a visit”.
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