Collection GB 0097 LETTER COLLECTION - Letter Collection

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0097 LETTER COLLECTION

Title

Letter Collection

Date(s)

  • 1772-1938 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

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

See Administrative History

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

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

British Library of Political and Economic Science

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