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Institute of Commonwealth Studies

HEWITT, Arthur Reginald (b 1907)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1010 ICS 31

Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Title: HEWITT, Arthur Reginald (b 1907)

Date(s): 1958

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Hewitt | Arthur Reginald | b 1907 | librarian

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Arthur Reginald Hewitt was born in 1907 and was first Secretary/Librarian of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. The proposal for a classfied catalogue of British Official Publications was not carried out, as there was no demand.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence and papers of Arthur Reginald Hewitt, Secretary/Librarian, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, on proposed Classified Catalogue of British Official Publications on Commonwealth Affairs, with comments on the proposal by Prof P N S Mansergh of St John's College, Cambridge, Prof W H Morris-Jones of Durham University, and Dr J D B Miller of Leicester University and 'specimen or trial' list covering 1921-1925.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Chronological

Conditions governing access:

Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or quote from original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

None

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were transferred to the Archives from ICS office files in 1978.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

A copy of the Classified Catalogue of British Official Publications for 1921-1925 has been placed in the ICS Library.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition 2000. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Bibliology | Information/library research
Commonwealth countries | Political systems
Official publications | Documents | Information sources

Personal names
Hewitt | Arthur Reginald | b 1907 | librarian

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