King’s College London Archives Catalogue GREEK DIASPORA ARCHIVE © Copyright 2015 King’s College London. All rights reserved. Online Catalogue (URL) King’s College London Archives: Catalogue Ref: GB0100 KCLCA GDA GREEK DIASPORA ARCHIVE: SUMMARY Catalogue ID: 20139 URL: http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/g/greek-diaspora-archive Reference code(s): GB0100 KCLCA GDA Title: GREEK DIASPORA ARCHIVE Date(s): Chiefly 1991-2013 Level of description: Collection (fonds) Extent and medium of the unit of description (quantity, bulk, or size): 48 boxes Context Name of creator(s): Dr Maria Roussou, on behalf of the Diaspora Centre Trust. Administrative / Biographical history: The recording of interviews with Greeks and Greek Cypriots around the world, and the collecting of related material, was undertaken 1991-2013. Immediate source of acquisition or transfer: Placed in King’s College London Archives in successive accessions, 2007-2014. Content & structure Scope and content: Film and sound interviews conducted with Greek and Greek Cypriot migrants, chiefly 1991-2000, in the UK, USA, Australia, South Africa, Egypt, France, Germany and Cyprus, and related background research material. The interviews include: the interviewees’ lives before and after migration; the role of the Greek Orthodox Church in migrant communities; business ventures among migrant communities; the role of education in the preservation of Greek Cypriot culture; Greek Cypriot traditional dance and poetry; the challenges of preserving a cultural identity; the life experiences of former migrants who later returned to Cyprus; recollections of Greek-Turkish conflict in Cyprus; life under British rule in Cyprus; rebellion against British rule in Cyprus, 1950s; the impact of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, 1974. The related research material includes: interviews in a smaller pilot study, conducted 1990-1993, on the life experiences of the traditional lace makers and sellers of Kato Drys village, Cyprus; notes, research papers, books, pamphlets, newsletters and brochures, 1966-2013, relating to the history, language, religion, business, education and cultural identity of migrant Greek and Greek Cypriot communities in the UK and elsewhere in the twentieth century; papers, 1991-2013, relating to the establishment and running of the Diaspora Centre Trust (DCT); publications, 1991-1998, produced by the DCT; books, 1996-2009 on global migration; books and papers, 1979-1997, on Greek Cypriot poetry; photographs, 1908-2006, of interviewees, their relatives, and Greek Cypriot community events. System of arrangement: In themed sections - see detailed catalogue. © Copyright 2015 King’s College London. All rights reserved. Page 2 King’s College London Archives: Catalogue Ref: GB0100 KCLCA GDA Conditions of access & use Conditions governing reproduction: Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Head of Archives Services. Language/scripts of material: Greek and English, plus a small amount of material in French and German. Physical characteristics and technical requirements: Loose papers, pamphlets, published volumes, VHS tapes, DVDs and CDs. Digital access copies of VHS tapes will be produced as and when required. Finding aids: This summary guide, and a detailed catalogue. Allied materials Existence and location of originals: King’s College London College Archives. Related units of description: King’s College London Archives: the papers of Dr Robin Oakley, 1960-2007, relate to his research on Greek and Turkish Cypriot immigrants in the UK in the late twentieth century. The Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King’s College London, holds a number of collections relating to the activities of British forces in Cyprus, 1950s-1970s. Theatro Technis, London NW1, holds a collection of still and moving images, documents and printed material relating to its past dramatic productions and its role as a social and cultural centre for the Greek Cypriot Community in London, 1957 to date. Description control Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2015 © Copyright 2015 King’s College London. All rights reserved. Page 3 King’s College London Archives: Catalogue Ref: GB0100 KCLCA GDA GREEK DIASPORA ARCHIVE: ITEMS GDA1/1-8: Interviews with Greek Cypriot lace makers and their families, in Cyprus and the UK, 1990-1993 ..........................................................................5 GDA2/1-5: Research material on the history and development of Greek and Greek Cypriot migrant communities in the UK, 1974-2010 ............................7 GDA3/1-6: Research on the language and identity of Greek-Cypriots in the UK, 1980-2001 ....................................................................................................8 GDA4/1-3: Publications relating to the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, UK, 1988-2010 ........................................................................................9 GDA5/1-11: Publications, magazines and other printed papers relating to Greek Orthodox churches and communities in the UK, 1978-2013 ..................10 GDA6/1-4: Press releases and newsletters issued by the Cyprus High Commission, London, UK, and related papers, 1998-2013 ...................................12 GDA7/1-3: Publications and publicity material issued by Greek and Greek Cypriot federations and associations in the UK, 1986-2011 .............................13 GDA8/1-3: Issues of newspapers of the Greek Cypriot community in the UK, 1992-2013 ......................................................................................................14 GDA9/1-5: Papers relating to Hellenic education in the UK, 1981-2013 ....................................................................................................................................15 GDA10/1-3: Publicity material relating to Hellenic cultural organisations and Greek and Greek Cypriot artists in the UK, [1980]-2014................................16 GDA11/1-7: Writings by Greek and Greek Cypriot authors in the UK, 1966-2009 ....................................................................................................................17 GDA12/1-6: Photographs of Greeks and Greek Cypriots, UK, 1908-2006 ...............................................................................................................................18 GDA13/1-3: Published interviews with Greeks and Greek Cypriots in the UK, 1989-2011, and related papers .....................................................................19 GDA14/1-5: Papers, 1978-2000, relating to writer Helen Vlastos Long (1920-2001) ...............................................................................................................20 GDA15/1-8: Material relating to Greek and Greek Cypriot migrants in the USA, [1930s]-1997 ..............................................................................................21 GDA16/1-10: Material relating to Greek and Greek Cypriot migrants in Australia, 1907-2010 .................................................................................................23 GDA17/1-7: Material relating to Greek and Greek Cypriot migrants in South Africa, 1895-2007 .............................................................................................25 GDA18/1-5: Material relating to Greek and Greek Cypriot migrants in Egypt, [1930s]-2006 ....................................................................................................27 GDA19/1-3: Material relating to Greek and Greek Cypriot migrants in France and Germany, 1975-1993 ..............................................................................28 GDA20/1-7: Material relating to international Hellenic migration and diaspora, 1986-2010 .....................................................................................................29 GDA21/1-7: Material relating to the Diaspora Centre Trust, 1991-2013 ....................................................................................................................................30 GDA22/1-7: Books published by the Diaspora Centre Trust, 1991-1998 ..................................................................................................................................31 GDA23/1-6: Books relating to global migration, 1996-2009........................................................................................................................................................32 GDA24/1-10: Material relating to Greek Cypriot literature and the Greek Cypriot dialect, 1977-1997 .....................................................................................33 GDA25/1-9: Material, 1979-2005, relating to the history, politics and culture of Cyprus ...........................................................................................................35 GDA26/1-3: Material relating to European Community funded projects for the promotion of Greek language teaching and learning, 1980-1992 ..............37 GDA27/AV1-AV103: Film and sound interviews conducted with Greek and Greek Cypriot migrants from all over the world, and related audio-visual material, 1966-2013. .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................38