Back to the classroom: the Central Saint Martins Museum & Study Collection & Central Lettering Record (CLR)

The Central Lettering Record at Central Saint Martins is a teaching collection begun at the Central School of Arts & Crafts in the 1960s but which draws much from a longer tradition of collecting ‘teaching examples’ at the school begun by its founding Principal W.R. Lethaby. The article describes the origin of the collection, and the role of key figures in its development: Nicholas Biddulph, Nicolete Gray, James Mosley and Alan Bartram, and the breadth of its holdings. It offers some reflection on the relevance and use of such a collection in today's Higher Education climate.

A short illustrated article in the section of the Journal entitled: expanded practices in communication design, research and education on the continued relevance of teaching archives within a contemporary graphic design programme.