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DIPLOCK, Arthur (fl 1903)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA Diplock

Held at: King's College London College Archives

Title: DIPLOCK, Arthur (fl 1903)

Date(s): 1857, 1903

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Diplock | Arthur | fl 1903 | writer on Ben Jonson, poet

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Diplock was probably a member of the Author's Club of London and pursued an active interest in the life and work of the poet, Ben Jonson, [1903].

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The collection comprises correspondence, British Library readers' book application slips, manuscript notes on the life and career of the poet, Ben Jonson, and press cuttings; notably including letters to Arthur Diplock concerning the poetry of Jonson and of William Drummond, 1903; manuscript notes, in particular extracts from Jonson's poems, reference to the work of John Selden, John Donne and Henry Holland, lists of various editions of the works of Jonson, [1903]; British Library book application tickets for books by Jonson, signed by Diplock, 1903; press cuttings on Drummond from Reynolds's miscellany and other journals, [1857].

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Broadly chronological.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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 Director of Archive Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Collection level description on-line and due to be published in hard copy.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Geoff Browell

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

Date(s) of descriptions: December 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Poetry | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Poets | Writers | Authors
Press cuttings | Newspaper press | Press

Personal names
Diplock | Arthur | fl 1903 | writer on Ben Jonson, poet
Donne | John | 1573-1631 | Dean of St Paul's, poet
Drummond | William | 1585-1649 | poet
Jonson | Ben | 1572-1637 | dramatist
Selden | John | 1584-1654 | jurist, politician and antiquary

Corporate names
British Library

Places