IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0372 PAINE
Held at: Bishopsgate Institute
Title: PAINE, Thomas (1737-1809)
Date(s): 1812-1928
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 box
Name of creator(s): Bonner | Hypatia Bradlaugh | 1858-1935 | freethinker and radical
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
No further information at present.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Collection of material relating to the life and work of Thomas Paine collected by Hypatia Bradlaugh-Bonner, including: letters to Hypatia Bradlaugh-Bonner regarding Thomas Paine's works, lectures by Bradlaugh-Bonner and a dinner of the Thomas Paine Natural Historical Association,1909 - 1928; four notebooks and one essay on the subject of Thomas Paine, by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner, and a memorandum by a "J.H." on the difficulty of accuracy re: the life of Thomas Paine, 1909-1910; pamphlets, 1810-1909; photographs, postcards and prints, c1905; and press cuttings, 1812-1923. (1812-1928).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The collection is divided into five sections:
PAINE/1: Correspondence
PAINE/2: Notes
PAINE/3: Pamphlets
PAINE/4: Photographs and Postcards
PAINE/5: Press cuttings
Conditions governing access:
OPEN
Conditions governing reproduction:
Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Handlist available; ADLIB catalogue
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Possibly deposited with the Charles Bradlaugh collection.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Stefan Dickers.
Date(s) of descriptions: 1 March 2007