Collection GB 0074 CLC/064 - ECLECTIC BOOK SOCIETY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/064

Title

ECLECTIC BOOK SOCIETY

Date(s)

  • 1812-1820 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

One production unit.

Context area

Name of creator

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.

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

Conditions governing access

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

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

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Name access points

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area