Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1812-1820 (Creation)
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One production unit.
Context area
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Biographical history
The Eclectic Book Society met at members' private residences, both within and without the City of London. The society acted as a private circulating library with members suggesting (often religious) titles for purchase.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/064 1812-1820 Collection One production unit. Eclectic Book Society
The Eclectic Book Society met at members' private residences, both within and without the City of London. The society acted as a private circulating library with members suggesting (often religious) titles for purchase.
This volume was donated to Guildhall Library in 1968, and was catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Eclectic Book Society minute book.
One item catalogued as CLC/064/MS00988A.
Available for general access.
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
June to August 2010. Information sciences Communications media Publications Books Organizations Associations Learned societies Leisure Leisure time activities Clubs Social clubs Private libraries Libraries Eclectic Book Society London England UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
This volume was donated to Guildhall Library in 1968, and was catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Eclectic Book Society minute book.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
One item catalogued as CLC/064/MS00988A.
Conditions of access and use area
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Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English