Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [1960-1970] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
25 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Possibly the Unicorn Bookshop in Brighton, owned and run by Bill Butler, a US beat poet and occultist.
Archival history
Acquired in 1970.
GB 0097 UNICORN [1960-1970] Collection (fonds) 25 boxes Unicorn Bookshop
Possibly the Unicorn Bookshop in Brighton, owned and run by Bill Butler, a US beat poet and occultist.
Acquired in 1970.
Records of the Unicorn Bookshop, [1960-1970], a bookshop specialising in anarchist and sexually subversive publications.
Unsorted.
Closed.
Various copyright. No documents may be photocopied.
[English]
Unlisted.
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. 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. May 2001 Book industry Bookselling Brighton Butler , Bill , fl 1960-1970 , US beat poet and occultist England Europe Publishing Publishing industry Sussex UK Unicorn Bookshop Western Europe East Sussex London
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of the Unicorn Bookshop, [1960-1970], a bookshop specialising in anarchist and sexually subversive publications.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Unsorted.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Closed.
Conditions governing reproduction
Various copyright. No documents may be photocopied.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
[English]
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Unlisted.
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Existence and location of copies
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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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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English