Fonds GB 0096 AL324 - Turner, Tom: lettercard, 1943

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Reference code

GB 0096 AL324

Title

Turner, Tom: lettercard, 1943

Date(s)

  • 1943 (Creation)

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1 card

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Tom Turner was an official in the British Post Office, and a poet and short story writer. His substantial collection of books, mainly poetry but including some fiction and other prose, is now held in the library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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GB 0096 AL324 1943 fonds 1 card Turner , Tom , 1870-1949 , book collector

Tom Turner was an official in the British Post Office, and a poet and short story writer. His substantial collection of books, mainly poetry but including some fiction and other prose, is now held in the library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Found enclosed in L Johnson's Selected Poems (1932) - classmark: YO (P.C.2).

Letter from Tom Turner of Shawlands, Bank Crest, Baildon, Yorkshire to [Thomas] Sturge Moore, 20 Dec 1943. Covering note accompanying a copy of a book of poems by Lionel Johnson, as 'a little reminder of the 1890's'. Autograph, with signature.

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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. Access to individual items in Senate House Library archives collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. 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.

Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.

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.

Aug 2008 Literature Johnson , Lionel Pigot , 1867-1902 , poet and literary scholar Literary forms and genres Poetry Poems Turner , Tom , 1870-1949 , book collector

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Found enclosed in L Johnson's Selected Poems (1932) - classmark: YO (P.C.2).

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Scope and content

Letter from Tom Turner of Shawlands, Bank Crest, Baildon, Yorkshire to [Thomas] Sturge Moore, 20 Dec 1943. Covering note accompanying a copy of a book of poems by Lionel Johnson, as 'a little reminder of the 1890's'. Autograph, with signature.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

See hard copy catalogue.

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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. Access to individual items in Senate House Library archives collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. 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

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Finding aids

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

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Existence and location of copies

Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.

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Senate House Library, University of London

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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

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