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Robinson, Henry Crabb: letter, 28 Jun 1854


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL168

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Robinson, Henry Crabb: letter, 28 Jun 1854

Date(s): 1854

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 leaf

Name of creator(s): Robinson | Henry Crabb | 1775-1867 | diarist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Henry Crabb Robinson was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and educated locally and in Devizes, Wiltshire. Being from a nonconformist family, he could not attend university, instead working as a legal clerk in Colchester, and later in London. Inheriting money from an uncle in 1798 enabled him to travel in Europe and study at university in Germany. Returning to England, he became a lawyer and a journalist, and for a while editor of The Times (1808-1809). He also participated in the founding of University College London. Today he is best known for his diary, kept between 1811 and his death in 1867, of which a large portion has been published.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from Henry Crabb Robinson of 30 Russell Square, [London] to T G Osler, 28 Jun 1854. Regarding a Cambridge meeting of the Archaeological Institute; indicating his trust in the judgement of Osler and others over a decision to be made in his absence. 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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought from Myers & Co, Mar 1953.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Virginia.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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

Personal names
Robinson | Henry Crabb | 1775-1867 | diarist

Corporate names
Archaeological Institute

Places
Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe