The East London Theatre Archive (ELTA) is a digital theatre archive based at the University of East London

University of East London

The University of East London is a university located in the London Borough of Newham, East London, England, based at two campuses in Stratford and Docklands areas...

, in London, England. The ELTA contains 15,000 digitised objects including images, papers, photographs and artefacts. The Joint Information Systems Committee

Joint Information Systems Committee

JISC is a United Kingdom non-departmental public body whose role is to support post-16 and higher education and research by providing leadership in the use of ICT in learning, teaching, research and administration...

 (JISC) provided £500,000 funding to support the ELTA digitisation project.

ELTA Digitisation Project

The ELTA was funded by JISC to address the lack of digital resources that covered the history of theatre and music halls in East London

East End of London

The East End of London, also known simply as the East End, is the area of London, England, United Kingdom, east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames. Although not defined by universally accepted formal boundaries, the River Lea can be considered another boundary...

, UK. The digitisation project undertaken by ELTA began on 24 March 2007 and was completed on 27 February 2009. The ELTA currently (2011) holds a range of theatre related digital assets that date from 1827 to the present day.