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
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