Colección GB 0097 EMIGRANTS LETTERS - Emigrants' Letters from the USA, Canada and Australia

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GB 0097 EMIGRANTS LETTERS

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Emigrants' Letters from the USA, Canada and Australia

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  • 1745-1986 (Creación)

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11 boxes

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Historia biográfica

Most of the letters in the collection were collected by Charlotte Erickson and the staff of the Survey of Sources for American Studies during their work in the 1950s, whilst others were donated or purchased.

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GB 0097 EMIGRANTS LETTERS 1745-1986 Collection 11 boxes Various

Most of the letters in the collection were collected by Charlotte Erickson and the staff of the Survey of Sources for American Studies during their work in the 1950s, whilst others were donated or purchased.

The collection is made up of several different accessions made between 1957 and 1986, of which the main one is M627. Very little documentation has been kept on these additional accessions; some appear to have been given to the Archives Division by unknown donors, others seem to have been purchased. The earlier accessions were all listed together in Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4. Section 5 is made up of later deposits.

Letters written by emigrants to the USA, Canada and Australia to their friends and families in the British Isles, 1745-1911, with related papers. The collection includes a few original letters, but mainly comprises xeroxes, transcripts or microfilms of originals. Also includes: Database of emigrant individuals giving details of their place of departure, occupation, who they wrote to, where the settled and other pieces of information.

Divided into sections as follows: 1. Miscellaneous; 2. Cowan Letters; 3. Dallas Jones III; 4. Fridge Letters; 5. Additional.

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Most items can be photocopied, subject to handling and copyright restrictions. No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.

English, with note in Welsh in file 1/54.

Detailed catalogue available from Archives staff. Access to the database is currently available via the Archives Reading Room.

Some of the letters have been reproduced in print in Charlotte Erickson's 'Invisible immigrants: the adaptation of English and Scottish immigrants in nineteenth century America', London, LSE, 1972.

Sources: Copied from LSE Archives CALM database

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.

Feb 2008 Australia Canada Communication process Communication skills Cowan , James Innes , 1863-1940 Cowan , Walter B , fl 1882-1890 Crick , Bernard Rowland , b 1929 , Professor of Politics Erickson , Charlotte Joanne , fl 1923 , economic historian Europe Immigration Jones , Dallas , fl 1969 Letter writing Migrants Migration North America Oceania Survey of Sources for American Studies UK USA Western Europe Writing London England

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

The collection is made up of several different accessions made between 1957 and 1986, of which the main one is M627. Very little documentation has been kept on these additional accessions; some appear to have been given to the Archives Division by unknown donors, others seem to have been purchased. The earlier accessions were all listed together in Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4. Section 5 is made up of later deposits.

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Letters written by emigrants to the USA, Canada and Australia to their friends and families in the British Isles, 1745-1911, with related papers. The collection includes a few original letters, but mainly comprises xeroxes, transcripts or microfilms of originals. Also includes: Database of emigrant individuals giving details of their place of departure, occupation, who they wrote to, where the settled and other pieces of information.

Valorización, destrucción y programación

Acumulaciones

Sistema de arreglo

Divided into sections as follows: 1. Miscellaneous; 2. Cowan Letters; 3. Dallas Jones III; 4. Fridge Letters; 5. Additional.

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Open

Condiciones

Most items can be photocopied, subject to handling and copyright restrictions. No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.

Idioma del material

  • inglés

Escritura del material

  • latín

Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras

English, with note in Welsh in file 1/54.

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Detailed catalogue available from Archives staff. Access to the database is currently available via the Archives Reading Room.

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British Library of Political and Economic Science

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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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  • inglés

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