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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Gardner Collection


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0369 GAN

Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Title: Gardner Collection

Date(s): 1919-1933

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 3 albums and 1 envelope

Name of creator(s): Gardner | Margaret | d 1941 | writer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Monica Gardner was an English writer on Poland and Polish literature. Her main focus was on romantic poetry but she also wrote two historical biographies. In addition to writing books and articles (she was a longtime contributor to "The Slavonic Review"), Monica Gardner was a translator and editor. She was killed in an air raid in London in 1941.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Picture postcards showing views of Poland or representations of Polish folk art, mostly commercially produced. The majority of the cards were sent to Monica Gardner from Poland and contain a message, other are blank, 1919-1933.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and Polish

System of arrangement:

As described in Scope and Content above.

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.

Physical characteristics:

Some of the postcards have been mutilated by the removal of their postage stamps

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/libraries-and-study-spaces/ucl-school-slavonic-and-east-european-studies-library

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

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

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

Date(s) of descriptions: May 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Folk art | Art styles
Slav art | European art | National art
Slav cultures | European cultures | National cultures

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Poland | Eastern Europe