Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1772-1938 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The letters in the Letter Collection were bought or donated on an individual basis between 1938-1946 and given separate accession numbers and presumably collected and bound soon after 1946.
Archival history
GB 0097 LETTER COLLECTION 1772-1938 Collection 2 boxes Various
The letters in the Letter Collection were bought or donated on an individual basis between 1938-1946 and given separate accession numbers and presumably collected and bound soon after 1946.
See Administrative History
Correspondence and memoranda, including letters to Ignaz Jastrow; 1896-1934; letters relating to British and Irish rail companies 1889-1910; letters concerning the grain trade, 1795; letters to Albany Fonblanque from Jeremy Bentham, Francis Place and Charles Pelham Villiers, 1827-1834; letters to Henry Dunning Mcleod relating to his Dictionary of Political Economy, 1862; letters to Graham Wallas 1898-1903; letters from Arthur Young, Claude Henri de Rouvroy and William Boyne 1814-1866; letters concerned with the families of John Frederick Denison Hare and John Sterling 1836-1913; letters to Sir William Mitchell Acworth 1889-1899; and letters to Henry William Macrosty 1934-1939.
There is no arrangement other than to keep some small collections of letters to the same people together.
Open
Microfilm print-outs must be used. 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.
Mainly English; some German
Detailed catalogue available from Archives staff.
Sources: Copied from LSE Archives CALM database by Anna Towlson.
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 Acworth , Sir , William Mitchell , 1850-1925 , Knight , economist and expert on railways Bentham , Jeremy , 1748-1832 , philosopher Economic history Economics Europe Fonblanque , Albany , 1793-1872 , radical journalist Ireland Jastrow , Ignaz , 1896-1934 , economic historian Macleod , Henry Dunning , 1821-1902 , economist Place , Francis , 1771-1854 , radical reformer Railway companies Railway transport Transport Transport infrastructure Villiers , Charles Pelham , 1802-1898 , statesman Wallas , Graham , 1858-1932 , political psychologist Western Europe Young , Arthur , 1741-1820 , agriculturist Transport companies Companies Enterprises
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence and memoranda, including letters to Ignaz Jastrow; 1896-1934; letters relating to British and Irish rail companies 1889-1910; letters concerning the grain trade, 1795; letters to Albany Fonblanque from Jeremy Bentham, Francis Place and Charles Pelham Villiers, 1827-1834; letters to Henry Dunning Mcleod relating to his Dictionary of Political Economy, 1862; letters to Graham Wallas 1898-1903; letters from Arthur Young, Claude Henri de Rouvroy and William Boyne 1814-1866; letters concerned with the families of John Frederick Denison Hare and John Sterling 1836-1913; letters to Sir William Mitchell Acworth 1889-1899; and letters to Henry William Macrosty 1934-1939.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
There is no arrangement other than to keep some small collections of letters to the same people together.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Microfilm print-outs must be used. 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.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Mainly English; some German
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Detailed catalogue available from Archives staff.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
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Subject access points
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Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
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