IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 F/RMY
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: RAMSEY, Robert William (1862-1951)
Date(s): 1861-1951
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.06 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Ramsey | Robert William | 1862-1951 | historian
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Robert William Ramsey, FSA, was the author of Studies in Cromwell's Family Circle, 1930; Henry Cromwell, 1933 and Richard Cromwell: Protector of England, 1935. He was a member of the Royal Society of Literature and the Friends of the National Libraries. He died in 1951, aged 89.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Personal papers of Robert W Ramsey, including diaries (some with glued in event programmes, invitations and newspaper cuttings); commonplace books and household financial accounts; articles by Ramsey on historical and literary subjects; poems and sketches; Ramsey family pedigree, 1688-1904; research on the Cromwell family; and general correspondence.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
F/RMY-1: Diaries;
F/RMY-2: Commonplace Books;
F/RMY-3: Articles;
F/RMY-4: General Correspondence.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Gifted to the Archive in March 1959.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.