Papers of Stephen Chaplin

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1510
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1950-1991
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 8 boxes, 2 vols., and 1 roll, manuscript, typescript, and printed

Scope and Content

Comprises lecture notes, Yorkshire Arts Association work, sketches, photographs, a collection of artists' books and original artwork, notebook containing original research on Roger Fry, with autograph letters; also, additional material relating to Education and Community Workshops in collaboration with a colleague, possibly Jane Whitaker, Deputy Director, St Paul's Gallery, York, 1986-1989

Administrative / Biographical History

Stephen Chaplin, artist and art historian, studied at the Slade School and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He taught at the Leeds College of Art from 1961 to 1966, and at the University of Leeds from 1966 to 1991. After moving to London, he became Archivist to the Slade in 1993 and published A Slade School of Fine Art archive reader in 1998

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of the Author, 1991

Note

In English

Related Material

See also MS 1702