Survival Programmes was a project to document inner city environments and lives in the late 1970s. It was undertaken by the Exit Photography Group (Nicholas Battye/Chris Steele-Perkins/Paul Trevor). An exhibition based on the project was first shown at the Side Gallery, Newcastle in 1982 and a book ('Survival Programmes: in Britain's Inner Cities') was also published that year. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of these events the Survival Programmes archive (held in LSE Archives) has been catalogued: Archives Catalogue|.
The archive consists of:
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correspondence and administrative papers regarding the project
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thousands of black and white photographs
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interview transcripts
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drafts and other material relating to the production of the book.
Survival Programmes records many aspects of life in Belfast, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Middlesbrough and Newcastle in the late 1970s. Topics covered include crime, families, old age, poverty, race, unemployment, welfare and youth.
A number of exhibitions relating to the project are planned over the next year, including one at the Side Gallery, Newcastle (13 January - 10 March 2007).
For further information about the archive contact us: Contact details|
LSE Archives holds many collections relating to social matters, such as papers regarding Charles Booth's Survey into Life and Labour in London (1886-1903). For further information, see our guide to Sociology and social policy|