| Description | ,This file includes extensive material concerning Stamp's involvement in the campaign, with the Twentieth Century Society, to save Bankside Power Station from demolition. It includes material created & compiled through his campaigning, broadcasts, and publications.
Also includes correspondence exchanged between Stamp in his role as Chairman of the Twentieth Century Society, Alan Baxter, and Nicholas Serota, Director of Tate Gallery, relating to the building's conversion into the Tate Modern Art Gallery.
Also includes draft scripts and correspondence relating to Stamp's role as a presenter and interviewer on the BBC's broadcast: One Foot in the Past- Bankside Power Station; and draft text and correspondence exchanged between Stamp and Tate Publishing concerning a chapter written by Stamp titled 'Giles Gilbert Scott and Bankside' for the publication: Moore, R. and Ryan, R. (2000) Building Tate Modern : Herzog & De Meuron transforming Giles Gilbert Scott. London: Tate Gallery.
Of particular interest:
-letter from Basil Comely, BBC producer to Stamp, dated 16 Jun 1993, concerning photographs of a royal visit to Bankside Station [c 1970s], with nine b&w photographs
-letter from Alan Baxter, to Stamp and Alan Powers, dated 23 Nov 1993, concerning ideas for the development of Bankside, including illustrations
-photocopy of report by Marcus Binney, SAVE Britain's Heritage, on the possibilities of alternative use, dated 19 May 1980 |