Association records including committee papers, meeting minutes and annual reports (1915 – 1999); financial and accounting Records (1922 – 1988); material on conferences and tours (1916-1987); lectures and talks (1916-1955); publications including DIA Journal, DIA , DIA Yearbook, DIA News and other DIA booklets and publications (1917 - 1997); material on awards and initiatives (1965 – 1987); material on exhibitions and events (1911 - 1987); DIA membership records (1911 - 1087); DIA Trust records (1958 – 1970), DIA premises material (1948 – 1970); general correspondence (ca. 1914-1980s), staff papers (ca. 1912-1987); glass negatives depicting architecture, displays and objects for the purpose of demonstrating 'good' and 'bad' design in advertising, architecture, furniture, household goods, housing and interior design (1887 - 1939); lantern slides depicting architecture, displays and objects for the purpose of demonstrating 'good' and 'bad' design, with annotations including designer's or manufacturer's name and object's location, arranged by subjects including advertising, bathrooms, cutlery, exhibitions, furniture, glass, hotels, housing, interior decoration, kitchens, lettering and printing, lighting and heating, metalwork, offices, pottery, schools, sculpture, shops, textiles, town planning, transport and communications and wallpapers (1907 - 1946).
Please note aceess to the glass negatives and lantern slides is curently closed for conservation reasons.