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Blackmore, Richard Doddridge: letter, 11 Jan 1892


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL132

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Blackmore, Richard Doddridge: letter, 11 Jan 1892

Date(s): 1892

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2 leaves

Name of creator(s): Blackmore | Richard Doddridge | 1825-1900 | author x Blackmore | R D

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Richard Doddridge Blackmore was born in Berkshire in 1825. He was educated at schools in Devon and Somerset and at Exeter College, Oxford. After graduating, he studied law and was called to the bar in 1852; he practised law for some years but also worked as a teacher and journalist during that time. After inheriting money in 1857, he became a fruit farmer in Teddington, Middlesex, where he lived for the rest of his life. He served on the fruit and vegetable committee of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1883 until 1892. Blackmore also wrote poetry and several novels, including the bestselling Lorna Doone.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from Richard Doddridge Blackmore to B C Pugh, Esq, 11 Jan 1892. 'I cannot pretend to say what will be the effect of the new Copyright Act and I have thought very little about it'. Autograph with signature.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

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.

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Found in a book from D S MacColl's collection.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of copies:

On negative microfilm - reference: MIC 242/2.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

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: July 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Copyright legislation | Legislation | Law

Personal names
Blackmore | Richard Doddridge | 1825-1900 | author x Blackmore | R D

Corporate names

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