Brith Gof Archive Project

Respondent or information from other source:
Prof Mike Pearson, Organiser

Aims, policies, purpose/impetus for project:
To sort, catalogue and improve access to the archive of Welsh theatre company Brith Gof

To make available and to reassess a number of productions for a contemporary audience: through a series of public events such as today's reunite together company members with material from the archive and that include presentations, demonstrations, showings, discussions

Identification of a substantial deposit of unsorted documentary material in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

Dates: March 2007 On-going

Key individuals and roles involved
Mike Pearson and Margaret Ames, Department of Theatre, Film and Television, Aberystwyth University with assistance from 2 PhD students
Former company members including Lis Hughes Jones

Paid or voluntary, training in oral history: Voluntary. Not trained

Project funded by:
Largely self-funded
£1500 grant from academic department

Management of project:
Currently university department.
Brith Gof shortly to be re-launched as limited company

Format of interviews: 4 x one-day symposia on mini-DV

How interviewees are selected and located:
Invitation.
Announcements in Welsh press and SCUDD

Interview running time: Approx 20 hours in toto

Copyright in interviews. Assignment rights?: n/a

Location of interview copies: University department

Accessibility to public: Not currently

Collection contact details/website: No

Interview transcripts/lists of topics or other content indexes: No

Cataloguing: No

Future plans for project/interviews?:
Yes. At least 2 further public symposia with full recordings.

Materials used for publications, exhibitions, conferences, radio/TV programmes or performances etc or future plans for this?:
Not currently

Project website: No

List on a joint (possibly STR) website: Yes

Join listserv/emailing list/forum: Yes

Further information:
SC Note: Brith Gof project recordings are group sessions, not individual interviews

List of interviewees provided: No



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