IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL364
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Carpenter, William Benjamin: letter, 18 Jun 1875
Date(s): 1875
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 leaves
Name of creator(s): Carpenter | William Benjamin | 1813-1885 | biologist and university administrator
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Benjamin Carpenter was born in Exeter, Devon, in 1813. He studied medicine at Bristol, London and Edinburgh. In 1844 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society and took up a professorship at the Royal Institution. He subsequently held several appointments at the University of London, including Registrar of University College from 1856-1879.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from William Benjamin Carpenter of the Registrar's Office, University of London, Burlington Gardens, London to Mr W H Herford, 18 Jun 1875. 'We shall not refuse to receive your son's entry when his certificate arrives; but we ought not to be asked to commit this irregularity. If all the candidates were to commit it, the business of the University could not be carried on ...'. 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:
Purchased from E Hall, 1967.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2008