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Jónsson Papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ICELANDIC 5

Held at: University College London

Title: Jónsson Papers

Date(s): 20th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Jónsson | Snaebjörn | b 1887 | Icelandic writer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Author of various works on Iceland, Icelandic language and literature, Britain, and English literature, 1923-1976.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Snaebjörn Jónsson, 20th century, comprising press cuttings, letters and photographs.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Icelandic and English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

List at University College London Special Collections.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

University College London Special Collections also holds a typescript poem by Jonsson entitled 'W P Ker', in Icelandic, with a manuscript note in English by the author [1923] (Ref: MS MISC 4J).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Source: British Library OPAC. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Icelandic literature | Scandinavian literature | European literature | National literatures
Photographs | Visual materials
Press cuttings | Newspaper press | Press

Personal names
Jónsson | Snaebjörn | b 1887 | Icelandic writer

Corporate names

Places