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Archives and Special Collections: Grierson Award Collection

Bournemouth University's Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) Archive and Special Collections

Accessing BU's IBA Archive Materials:

  • This is not a digitised collection. Access is by pre-arranged appointment only to visit BU's Talbot Campus Library (postcode: BH12 5BB).
  • Please contact archivesandspecialcollections@bournemouth.ac.uk.
  • We require minimum 20 working weekdays' notice to process and prepare research visit requests; we typically have to negotiate requested visit dates.
  • We reserve the right to defer visitor access to BU's IBA Archive subject to availability of staff resource.

Grierson Award Collection

  • Reference collection of documentaries 2005-6, 2008-10 submitted for various categories in the annual Grierson Awards in honour of Scottish documentary maker John Grierson (1898 - 1972), regarded as the father of the documentary.
  • Access to this collection is available to BU staff/students, affiliated AUB students and bona fide researchers. Email: archivesandspecialcollections@bournemouth.ac.uk to request in advance.
  • Most of this collection is on VHS tape and the Sir Michael Cobham Library has a VHS player.
  • Location: VHS in DLG27, some DVDs near Talbot Campus mobile shelves.

Collection details

Name Grierson Award Archive
Dates 2005-2006, 2008-2010
A few VHS entries from earlier dates back to 1999
Physical Description Documentaries submitted to the Grierson Trust for the annual Grierson Award.
Technical Description VHS tapes; DVDs
Arrangement By year, in A-Z order, in filing cabinets in the Grierson Archive DLG27
Access Restrictions Available to BU staff/students, affiliated AUB students and bona fide researchers.
All external users should contact Archives and Special Collections to request permission to access to the collection. No copying allowed.
Source of Acquisition Donated by the Grierson Trust
Language English
Archival history Collection donated by the Grierson Trust for use by the research community. Incomplete in early years.
The Grierson Trust commemorates the pioneering Scottish documentary maker John Grierson (1898 - 1972), famous for Drifters and Night Mail and the man widely regarded as the father of the documentary.
Each year, The Grierson Trust recognises the best documentary filmmaking from Britain and abroad through the British Documentary Awards.
http://www.griersontrust.org/