Organisation, processing and availability of the Peter Collis Archive

Organisation, processing, description and digitisation of the archive of photojournalist Peter Collis.

Collis' archive consists of around 11,374 photographs (slides, black and white negatives and contact proofs), depicting events in Portugal during the post-revolutionary period (return from exile, demonstrations, 1st of May, Constituent Assembly, Agrarian Reform, returnees and refugees, etc.), and the establishment of the first governments in democracy. Among the Portuguese politicians portrayed by Peter Collis are Adelino da Palma Carlos, Vasco Gonçalves, José Pinheiro de Azevedo, Mário Soares, Álvaro Cunhal, Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo, Francisco Sá Carneiro, Francisco Pinto Balsemão, António de Spínola, Francisco da Costa Gomes and Ramalho Eanes.