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Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers: annual report 1945


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS1143

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers: annual report 1945

Date(s): 1946

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 item

Name of creator(s): Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers is a non-profit making organisation, which was established in 1884 "to protect the rights and further the interests of authors". Its first president was Lord Tennyson, and a great many famous authors, including Shaw, Galsworthy, Hardy, Wells, Barrie, Masefield, Forster, have been active in the society. In 2007 the Society had over 8,000 members.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers comprising an annual report for 1945.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 item only

Conditions governing access:

Open for research

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:

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Collection-level description

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from Senate House Library.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Richard Temple.

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: 2007-05-04


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Composers | Musicians | Performers | Artists
Cultural organizations | Cultural administration
Literary societies | Societies | Associations | Organizations
Playwrights | Writers | Authors

Personal names

Corporate names
Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers

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