Collection GB 0096 AL 133 - Lang, Andrew (1844-1912)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0096 AL 133

Title

Lang, Andrew (1844-1912)

Date(s)

  • [1892] (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 leaves

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Andrew Lang was born in Selkirk, Scotland in 1844, and educated at the Edinburgh Academy, the Universities of St Andrews and Glasgow, and Balliol College, Oxford. From 1875 he lived chiefly in London working as a professional journalist, critic and independent scholar. He was a prolific writer and became eminent in several fields, including prehistory, early religion, mythology and folkore, and Scottish history; he was also a novelist and poet.

Publications include 'Coloured' Fairy Books (1889-1910), 12 volumes of fairy tales intended for children.

Archival history

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GB 0096 AL 133 [1892] collection 2 leaves Lang , Andrew , 1844-1912 , anthropologist, classicist, and historian

Andrew Lang was born in Selkirk, Scotland in 1844, and educated at the Edinburgh Academy, the Universities of St Andrews and Glasgow, and Balliol College, Oxford. From 1875 he lived chiefly in London working as a professional journalist, critic and independent scholar. He was a prolific writer and became eminent in several fields, including prehistory, early religion, mythology and folkore, and Scottish history; he was also a novelist and poet.

Publications include 'Coloured' Fairy Books (1889-1910), 12 volumes of fairy tales intended for children.

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Papers of Andrew Lang, [1892], comprise a letter to an unknown recipient, 'I am adding something on Continental Literature, which you shall have in a day or two. Your note and enclosure somehow were overlooked'.

1 item.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

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

English

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

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.

April 2008 Lang , Andrew , 1844-1912 , anthropologist, classicist, and historian Literature

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Unknown

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of Andrew Lang, [1892], comprise a letter to an unknown recipient, 'I am adding something on Continental Literature, which you shall have in a day or two. Your note and enclosure somehow were overlooked'.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

1 item.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction

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

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

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Institution identifier

Senate House Library, University of London

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

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