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Battersea Field Club


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0347 D51

Held at: Wandsworth Heritage Service

Title: Battersea Field Club

Date(s): 1893-1944

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s):

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CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Battersea Field Club and Literary and Scientific Society was formed on 10th January 1895 and was a development of the University Extension Society - Battersea Students Association, which had started in 1890. In 1902 the name was changed to the Battersea Field Club and the society was affiliated to the South East Union of Scientific Societies and the Photographic Survey and Record of Surrey. In 1906 it was associated with the British Association and finally disbanded in 1944.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The collection consists of minutes, lists of members and lecturers, press cuttings, notes, programmes and balance sheets.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

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Conditions governing access:

This material is only available in the Wandsworth Heritage Service search room at Battersea Library. Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

The contents of this catalogue are in the copyright of the place of deposit; Rights in the Access to Archives database are the property of the Crown.

Finding aids:

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Accession MSS.108-110. The archives were presented by Walter Johnson, the last chairman in 1944.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

Finding aid created by export from CALM v8.0.2.40 Archives Hub EAD2002. Entry amended by Barbara Ball.

Rules or conventions: 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: April 2011


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Societies | Associations | Organizations
Student organizations | Educational associations | Educational administrative structure | Educational organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Battersea Field Club and Literary and Scientific Society

Places
Battersea | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Wandsworth