Archief GB 0096 MS1154 - Gili, Joan (1907-1998)

Identificatie

referentie code

GB 0096 MS1154

Titel

Gili, Joan (1907-1998)

Datum(s)

  • 1844-1997 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Archief

Omvang en medium

5 boxes

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

Joan Gili was born into a publishing family in Barcelona in 1907 and emigrated to Britain in 1934. He helped found the Dolphin bookshop near Charing Cross Road, London and began his career as a publisher of Hispanic works in 1938. In the following year, Stephen Spender and Gili produced a translation of Nadal's selection of Lorca's poems. Gili wrote the influential "Introductory Catalan Grammar" in 1943. Several volumes of his translations of Catalan poems were published in the next few decades. Gili became a founding member of the Anglo-Catalan Society in 1954 and was later its president. He was also known as the "unofficial consul of the Catalans in Britain". Gili died in 1998.

archiefbewaarplaats

Geschiedenis van het archief

Bought by Senate House Library in 2002.

GB 0096 MS1154 1844-1997 Fonds 5 boxes Serra , Joan Lluis Gili i , 1907-1998 , bookseller, publisher, translator x John Gili

Joan Gili was born into a publishing family in Barcelona in 1907 and emigrated to Britain in 1934. He helped found the Dolphin bookshop near Charing Cross Road, London and began his career as a publisher of Hispanic works in 1938. In the following year, Stephen Spender and Gili produced a translation of Nadal's selection of Lorca's poems. Gili wrote the influential "Introductory Catalan Grammar" in 1943. Several volumes of his translations of Catalan poems were published in the next few decades. Gili became a founding member of the Anglo-Catalan Society in 1954 and was later its president. He was also known as the "unofficial consul of the Catalans in Britain". Gili died in 1998.

Bought by Senate House Library in 2002.

Joan Gili family

Papers of Joan Gili, 1844-1997, comprise Catalonia: press-cuttings, leaflets regarding cultural events; some minutes, circulars of the Anglo-Catalan society, 1976-1995; leaflets by British-based exiles protesting against Spanish government; Monserrat manifesto, 1970; memoranda on Catalonia to international organizations, 1950s; posters from Barcelona, 1844-c 1933.

Arranged in original order.

Open for research

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original and to the provisions of copyright law. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Catalan, French, English

Collection level description

Compiled by Richard Temple.
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.
2007-11-01 Serra , Joan Lluis Gili i , 1907-1998 , bookseller, publisher, translator x John Gili Organizations Government Leisure Leisure time activities Cultural events Press Newspaper press Press cuttings Visual materials Posters International politics International organizations Migrants Exiles Anglo-Catalan Society Catalonia Spain Western Europe Europe Barcelona

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

Joan Gili family

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

Papers of Joan Gili, 1844-1997, comprise Catalonia: press-cuttings, leaflets regarding cultural events; some minutes, circulars of the Anglo-Catalan society, 1976-1995; leaflets by British-based exiles protesting against Spanish government; Monserrat manifesto, 1970; memoranda on Catalonia to international organizations, 1950s; posters from Barcelona, 1844-c 1933.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Aanvullingen

Ordeningstelsel

Arranged in original order.

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Open for research

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original and to the provisions of copyright law. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Schrift van het materiaal

  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

Catalan, French, English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

Toegangen

Collection level description

Verwante materialen

Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notitie Publicaties

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Aantekening

Alternative identifier(s)

Trefwoorden

Geografische trefwoorden

Naam ontsluitingsterm

Genre access points

Beschrijvingsbeheer

Identificatie van de beschrijving

Identificatiecode van de instelling

Senate House Library, University of London

Toegepaste regels en/of conventies

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

Niveau van detaillering

Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

Taal (talen)

  • Engels

Schrift(en)

    Bronnen

    Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik