Fonds GB 0096 MS1141 - Mudie's Select Library: Sara Keith collection

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0096 MS1141

Title

Mudie's Select Library: Sara Keith collection

Date(s)

  • 1842-[1972] (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

3 boxes

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Sara Keith was born in August 1923 and did her first degree at the University of Colorado. She subsequently studied at the universities of Denver and Edinburgh. Sara Keith began her career as a librarian but changed career to become an academic in North America. She studied at the University of London on a Fulbright scholarship in 1953-4 and gained her doctorate from Royal Holloway College, University of London in 1962. Sara Keith, who was an authority on Mudie's Library, died in Canada in November 1991.

Archival history

Donated by Ruth Pitman.

GB 0096 MS1141 1842-[1972] Fonds 3 boxes Keith , Sara , 1923-1991 , academic

Sara Keith was born in August 1923 and did her first degree at the University of Colorado. She subsequently studied at the universities of Denver and Edinburgh. Sara Keith began her career as a librarian but changed career to become an academic in North America. She studied at the University of London on a Fulbright scholarship in 1953-4 and gained her doctorate from Royal Holloway College, University of London in 1962. Sara Keith, who was an authority on Mudie's Library, died in Canada in November 1991.

Donated by Ruth Pitman.

Ruth Pitman

Papers of Mudie's Select Library, 1842-1888, [1955-1972], comprise title index to principal works of fiction in circulation and their occurrence in the Mudie catalogues for 1876 and 1884 (1955); bibiography of fiction in Mudie's catalogues, 1848, 1858, 1869; typescript drafts including "George Moore, Mudie's Library and Public Opinion" (1972); notes on Mudie's advertisements in The Athenaeum, 1842-1888.

Uncatalogued

Open for research.

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

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.
2007-04-27 Literature Literary forms and genres Fiction Secondary documents Catalogues Keith , Sara , 1923-1991 , academic The Athenæum , 1924

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Ruth Pitman

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of Mudie's Select Library, 1842-1888, [1955-1972], comprise title index to principal works of fiction in circulation and their occurrence in the Mudie catalogues for 1876 and 1884 (1955); bibiography of fiction in Mudie's catalogues, 1848, 1858, 1869; typescript drafts including "George Moore, Mudie's Library and Public Opinion" (1972); notes on Mudie's advertisements in The Athenaeum, 1842-1888.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

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Uncatalogued

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Conditions governing access

Open for research.

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

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English

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Description identifier

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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  • English

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