| Repository | University Archives and Special Collections Centre |
| Reference Number | CPG/2/4 |
| Title | 'Changing Attitudes Towards the Young Offender', Cockpit Gallery Holborn, Jan - Feb 1981 |
| Description | This file contains correspondence between Alan Tomkins (who is addressed in one piece as 'Exhibitions Organiser, Cockpit Gallery,' and another as 'Dept of Cultural Studies') and Sara McCarthy, about the exhibition, 'Changing Attitudes Towards the Young Offender', Cockpit Gallery, Jan - Feb 1981.
It also includes correspondence with others regarding a touring version of the exhibition.
A draft proposal or introduction to the exhibition, typed and handwritten, by Sara McCarthy, stating the aims and scope of the project, with an accompanying letter from McCarthy to Tomkins includes details of the planned size and format of the exhibition.
Also included are cut up photocopies of a cartoon by George Cruikshank, satirising 19th century industrial production and its impact on human beings, incorporated into a poster design for the exhibition. |
| Date | [1981] |
| Term | Disadvantaged youth |
| Political rights |
| Social history |
| Youth |
| Exhibitions |
| Young offenders |
| Correctional facilities |
| Related Material | See related exhibition material on external Cockpit Archives Website:
https://cockpitarchives.co.uk/changing-attitudes-towards-the-young-offender-sarah-mccarthy-22-jan-19-feb-aft-1978-bef-1981/ |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| Level | File |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | View related Person's records | Dates |
| DS/UK/490 | McCarthy; Sara (Fl. 1980s); Curator; exhibitions organiser | Fl. 1980s |
| DS/UK/497 | Tomkins; Alan (1947-2017); Exhibitions organiser, activist. | 1947-2017 |