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Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee

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The Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee (COVIC) was a scheme by the British Colonial Office to publish lantern-slide lectures about the British Empire. Established in 1902, COVIC was discontinued after World War I,[1] though COVIC photographs continued to circulate in school classrooms until 1945.[2][3]

Papers relating to COVIC are held at Cambridge University Library.[4]

References

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  1. ^ James R. Ryan. "Visualizing imperial geography: Halford Mackinder and the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee, 1902-11". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Gabrielle Moser. Picturing Imperial Citizenship: The Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee's Slide Lecture Series, 1902-45 (PhD). University of York.
  3. ^ Gabrielle Moser (2019). Projecting Citizenship: Photography and Belonging in the British Empire. Penn State University Press.
  4. ^ "Great Britain. Colonial Office. Visual Instruction Committee". Cambridge University Library. Retrieved 16 December 2021.