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Senate House Library, University of London

Bright, Benjamin Heywood


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 994

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Bright, Benjamin Heywood

Date(s): 1820-c1840

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 3 leaves

Name of creator(s): Bright | Benjamin Heywood | 1787-1843 | antiquary

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from Benjamin Heywood Bright to Philip Bliss, [1820-1840?], relating to Shakespeare and Ben Johnson.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Taken from Volume IV of The plays of William Shakespeare (1803, ed. Johnson and Stevens).

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

A number of letters between Bright and Bliss are held at the British Library, London.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison 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: Feb 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Drama | Literary forms and genres | Literature

Personal names
Bliss | Philip | 1787-1857 | antiquary and editor
Bright | Benjamin Heywood | 1787-1843 | antiquary
Jonson | Ben | 1572-1637 | dramatist
Shakespeare | William | 1564-1616 | dramatist, poet and actor

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