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Shakespeare Association Records


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 SHAKESPEARE ASSOCIATION

Held at: University College London

Title: Shakespeare Association Records

Date(s): 1914-1955

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 4 boxes

Name of creator(s): Shakespeare Association

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Shakespeare Association was set up in 1914. One of the founders was Charlotte Carmichael Stopes. The association organised lectures on Shakespeare and drama.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Shakespeare Association, 1914-1955, consisting of minute books, annual reports, membership lists, cash book, correspondence regarding publications and subscriptions, other correspondence and press cuttings.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Summary list. Collections level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the UCL English Department 1980/1981

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

UCL Special Collections also holds the papers of Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1841-1929) who established the Association (ref: MS ADD 157)

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: 1999


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Drama | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Learned societies | Associations | Organizations
Playwrights | Writers | Authors
Press cuttings | Newspaper press | Press

Personal names
Shakespeare | William | 1564-1616 | dramatist, poet and actor

Corporate names
Shakespeare Association

Places