Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1979-1989 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 boxes
Context area
Archival history
Transferred from the Guardian's picture library in 2005.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection of negatives of various subjects and individuals by staff photographer Edward (Ted) Hamilton West taken for the Guardian newspaper.
Administrative/Biographical history: At the age of 15 Eward (Ted) Hamilton West joined the Evening Standard as a messenger and later went on to work as dark room assistant. He was given his first job as a photographer by Barrett's photographic agency. In 1962 he joined the Central Press Agency. In 1970 he moved to the Guardian and remained there until his retirement in 1996. His byline at the Guardian was always E Hamilton West.
Accruals
System of arrangement
These negatives were removed from the main picture library subject and portrait sequences prior to transfer to the archive, and this order has been retained:
EHW/1 - portraits
EHW/2 - subjects
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Access Status
Open
Closed until
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Further work by Hamilton West for the Guardian can be found in the print and negative collections in the main Guardian collection (GUA/6/9)