Collection GB 0096 AL 329 - Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson: letter (forgery)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0096 AL 329

Title

Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson: letter (forgery)

Date(s)

  • 1876 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 leaves

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Details of the creator were unknown at the time of the compilation of this finding aid.

Archival history

Unknown

GB 0096 AL 329 1876 collection 2 leaves Unknown

Details of the creator were unknown at the time of the compilation of this finding aid.

Unknown

Unknown

Forged letter of Alfred Tennyson, 1876, to Mrs [Catherine] Gladstone, written and signed in an unknown hand, as if by Tennyson.

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 Tennyson , Alfred , 1809-1892 , 1st Baron Tennyson , poet x Tennyson , 1st Baron English literature Gladstone , Catherine , 1812-1900 , philanthropist , wife of William Ewart Gladstone , née Glynne European literature National literatures

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Unknown

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Forged letter of Alfred Tennyson, 1876, to Mrs [Catherine] Gladstone, written and signed in an unknown hand, as if by Tennyson.

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.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Publication note

Notes area

Note

Alternative identifier(s)

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Description control area

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area