IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0369 WHA
Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies
Title: Wharton Collection
Date(s): 1921-1934
Level of description: Collection (Fonds)
Extent: 1 envelope
Name of creator(s): Wharton | Leonard C | 1877-1943 | slavonic scholar
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Leonard C Wharton (1877-1943) became an assistant at the British Museum in 1902. He became interested in the languages and literature of Eastern Europe and eventually became the Museum's Slavonic expert. From 1924 to 1934 Wharton was associated with SSEES as honorary librarian and honorary lecturer in Polish.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Ppers and correspondence of Leonard C Wharton, 1921-1934, relating to examination regulations and prescribed books, particularly for Polish (1921-1922); the University of London Board of Slavonic Studies (1926-1927, 1934); the Academic Board of the SSEES, (1933-1934); Cambridge and Oxford degree regulations (1932-1933); the conference of University Teachers of Russian and other Slavonic Languages (1933-1934).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 envelope
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:
Finding aids:
Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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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:
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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: Revised Jan 2003