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- 1812-1993 (Creation)
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22 boxes
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Biographical history
Katharine Longley was born in Clapham, London in 1920. She was educated at Clapham Girls' High School and University College London. She became Archivist at York Minster Library until retiring in 1983. Miss Longley became an authority on recusant history and published articles on the subject in the Ampleforth Journal and Recusant History. In 1966 she published under the name of Mary Claridge (her mother's maiden name) Margaret Clitherow 1556-1586, a biography of the Catholic saint. Her recusant papers and related research material are now deposited at Ampleforth Abbey. Miss Longely also wrote about the relationship between Ellen Ternan and Charles Dickens in the unpublished A Pardoner's Tale: The Story of Dickens and Ellen Ternan and in The Dickensian, notably The Real Ellen Ternan, vol. 81 (1985).
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Archival history
Deposited by Katharine Longley.
GB 0096 MS1003 1812-1993 Fonds 22 boxes Longley , Katharine , b 1920 , writer x Claridge , Mary
Katharine Longley was born in Clapham, London in 1920. She was educated at Clapham Girls' High School and University College London. She became Archivist at York Minster Library until retiring in 1983. Miss Longley became an authority on recusant history and published articles on the subject in the Ampleforth Journal and Recusant History. In 1966 she published under the name of Mary Claridge (her mother's maiden name) Margaret Clitherow 1556-1586, a biography of the Catholic saint. Her recusant papers and related research material are now deposited at Ampleforth Abbey. Miss Longely also wrote about the relationship between Ellen Ternan and Charles Dickens in the unpublished A Pardoner's Tale: The Story of Dickens and Ellen Ternan and in The Dickensian, notably The Real Ellen Ternan, vol. 81 (1985).
Deposited by Katharine Longley.
Katharine Longley, Michael Slater.
Papers of Katharine Longley, 1812-1993, comprising research notebooks; correspondence files; material associated with the Wickham and Ternan families; photocopies of manuscript material; photocopies from periodicals; a copy of The Charles Dickens Birthday Book; material on The Mystery of Edwin Drood; typescript of A Singular Light; typescript of A Pardoner's Tale; typescripts of Charles Dickens: Towards the Truth; typescript essays; printed books; and photographs and negatives.
As described in Scope and Content.
Access to the collection requires the permission of the depositor. Please contact the Archivist in advance for details.
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original, which must be assessed by a conservator. Copies cannot be made of existing photocopies due to copyright restrictions. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who require a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
English
A file level catalogue is available on the ULRLS catalogue, http://archives.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/ and also in hard copy form in the Special Collections reading room of Senate House Library.
Senate House Library also holds archives of the Ternan family (MS915).
Compiled by Anya Turner.
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.
July 2008 Longley , Katharine , b 1920 , writer x Claridge , Mary Dickens , Charles John Huffam , 1812-1870 , novelist and journalist Research Literary history Communication process Communication skills Writing Letter writing Information sciences Books Publications Communications media Literature Literary forms and genres Prose Biographies Ternan , Ellen , 1839-1914 , actress and mistress of Charles Dickens x Robinson , Ellen Lawless Wharton x Wharton Robinson , Ellen Ternan , family Wickham , Helen Florence , d c 1974 , foster daughter of Ellen Ternan
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Katharine Longley, Michael Slater.
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Scope and content
Papers of Katharine Longley, 1812-1993, comprising research notebooks; correspondence files; material associated with the Wickham and Ternan families; photocopies of manuscript material; photocopies from periodicals; a copy of The Charles Dickens Birthday Book; material on The Mystery of Edwin Drood; typescript of A Singular Light; typescript of A Pardoner's Tale; typescripts of Charles Dickens: Towards the Truth; typescript essays; printed books; and photographs and negatives.
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Accruals
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As described in Scope and Content.
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Conditions governing access
Access to the collection requires the permission of the depositor. Please contact the Archivist in advance for details.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original, which must be assessed by a conservator. Copies cannot be made of existing photocopies due to copyright restrictions. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who require 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
Senate House Library also holds archives of the Ternan family (MS915).
Finding aids
A file level catalogue is available on the ULRLS catalogue, http://archives.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/ and also in hard copy form in the Special Collections reading room of Senate House Library.
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- Research
- Literature » Literary history
- Communication process
- Communication process » Communication skills
- Communication process » Communication skills » Writing
- Information sciences
- Books
- Literature
- Literary forms and genres
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- Literary forms and genres » Prose » Biographies
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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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- English