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.
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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