Carnival Collections: 1970 - ongoing. The material is mainly from the 1980’s onward but includes information relating to the carnival origins, in Organisation and Administration of Carnival; Writing and News Coverage includes clippings, articles and extracts from books, some deal with specific years or events others are more general; there is Promotional Material, maps, posters, articles, leaflets and postcards about forthcoming carnivals, items produced by corporate sponsors and from performers; Preparation and Celebration reflects the all year round activities, services and skills such as costume making and steel pan, plus items for productions and exhibitions, there is also a collection of Photographs, Videos and Music recordings.Please Note: In order to assist researchers all Carnival material is presented in thematic groups. These groupings do not reflect their provenance or their physical arrangement.

Additional Carnival material of a similar nature can be found in the Judith Blakeman Collection.

Carnival Oral Histories: 80 Interviews taken between 2000 and 2003 mainly with people from the Caribbean community living in North Kensington. Transcripts and photographs accompany most of the interviews. There are also a number of Caribbean contributions in the Methodist Oral Histories.

Notting Dale Urban Studies Centre, Local Environment Resource Files: These files contain news clippings, leaflets, reports and images. The file on Race holds items of relevance to the local Caribbean community. The Photographic Collection contains images of Carnival.

Posters for dances at the Tabernacle can be found amongst Mike Braybrook Posters Collection.

Oral History Collection: Comprises of interviews concerning Carnival as well as the Spanish and Irish communities of North Kensington. There is also a series of interviews with Methodists which contains a number of Caribbean contributions. Additionally the Reminiscences at Home; a series of personal recollection interviews with elderly housebound people also has Caribbean and Irish interviews.

Notting Dale Urban Studies Centre Collection: Comprises of Local Environment Resource Files containing news clippings, leaflets, reports and images. Arranged by topic the Race and Religion files contain material of relevance to African, Caribbean, Irish, Jewish, Moroccan, Filipino, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Anglican, Hindu, Islamic, Roman Catholic, Sikh, Serb and Greek Orthodox groups as well as Travelling communities. The news file holds a similar range. There is also a Photographic Collection containing images of local people and events.

Irish Oral Histories: 36 Interviews taken in 2002 with people from the Irish community living in North Kensington. Transcripts and photographs accompany most of the interviews.

Notting Dale Urban Studies Centre, Local Environment Resource Files: These files contain news clippings, leaflets, reports and images. The file on Race holds items of relevance to the local Irish community.

Spanish Oral Histories: 41 Interviews taken in 2002 with people from the Spanish community living in North Kensington. Transcripts and photographs accompany most of the interviews. The interviews are in English.

Notting Dale Urban Studies Centre, Local Environment Resource Files: These files contain news clippings, leaflets, reports and images. 2 files, Race and Religion hold items of relevance to the local Spanish community.