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John Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London (Bard Graduate Center) exhibition records

 Collection
Identifier: 2024-002

Scope and Contents

Records pertaining to the development, research, planning, publicity, related programming, and presentation of the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue. See each series for details:

Series I: Catalogue Materials related to the exhibition catalogue edited by Julius Bryant and Susan Weber. Includes outlines and drafts, author files, and photography reproduction files.

Series II: Objects and Checklists Working checklists and object groupings from different stages of exhibition development. Includes preliminary checklists and object information for both the book and exhibition.

Series III: Installation and Design Design and installation plans, models, and instructions.

Series IV: Exhibition Planning Meeting notes, correspondence, and curator notes on exhibition themes, design, and object research.

Series V: Interpretation Gallery text, object labels, wall panels and graphics.

Series VI: Loans and Registrar Files related to loan objects and lenders. Includes loan letters, inquiries, and other correspondence.

Series VII: Press and Publicity Press, publicity, and promotional materials including clippings, opening invitations, posters, press releases and brochures.

Series VIII: Programs Materials documenting exhibition-related public programs as well as the 2018 academic symposium. Includes listings, mailings, posters, and event programs.

Series IX: V&A Installation Materials from the exhibition’s installation at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Includes press releases, design plans, interpretive text and labels, and photographs.

Series X: Research Consists mainly of reproductions of primary source material related to Kipling’s life, his extended family and his son, the poet Rudyard Kipling, as well as his work as a curator and artist. These reproduced selections were grouped thematically by the project team and their original order has largely been maintained.

This series also includes auxiliary research, including guides to collections, summaries of holdings, transcriptions, and annotated notes. It includes original site photographs relating to Kipling’s life and work.

For a more detailed list of research files, see Series X: Research in this finding aid.

Dates

  • c. 2013-2018

Conditions Governing Access

Some materials may be restricted. Please contact archives staff for details.

Conditions Governing Use

Collection use is subject to all copyright laws.

Exhibition History

John Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London (September 15, 2017 – January 7, 2018) was curated by Dr. Susan Weber, Founder and Director of Bard Graduate Center (BGC), and Julius Bryant, Keeper of Word and Image at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). It ran at the V&A from January 14 – April 2, 2017.

It was the first major exhibition to examine John Lockwood Kipling (1837–1911)— designer, architectural sculptor, curator, educator, illustrator, and journalist—and his role in the nineteenth century Arts and Crafts revival in India during British rule. The project focused on Lockwood Kipling’s curatorship of the Lahore Museum, his journalism over 25 years in India, and his influence on his son, the writer and poet, Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). It included nearly three hundred objects from lenders across Britain as well as the United States and Pakistan.

Extent

13.344 Linear Feet (33 manuscript boxes)

88.8 Gigabytes (approximately 30,939 digital files)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Records of the 2017-2018 exhibition John Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London, organized by Bard Graduate Center (New York) and the Victoria and Albert Museum (London). Records document the research, planning, object selection, programming, and content of the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue. The Research series in particular contains an extensive gathering of notes and reproductions on Kipling-related material primarily from special collections and archives in Great Britain, Pakistan, and the United States.

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged into ten series:

Series I: Catalogue Series II: Objects and Checklists Series III: Installation and Design Series IV: Exhibition Planning Series V: Interpretation Series VI: Loans and Registrar Series VII: Press and Publicity Series VIII: Programs Series IX: V&A Installation Series X: Research

Provenance

Consolidated from Bard Graduate Center’s Exhibitions department in 2023.

Related Materials in Other BGC Collections

Related materials in other BGC collections include press, publicity, and public programs. Digital exhibition installation views and catalogue illustrations may be available. Please contact archives staff for details.

Title
John Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London (Bard Graduate Center) exhibition records
Author
Mike Satalof
Date
Finding aid created 2023
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY Repository

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