Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers: annual report 1945

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 MS1143
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers: annual report 1945
Date(s)	: 1946
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 1 item
Name of creator(s)	: Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers is a non-profit making organisation, which was established in 1884 "to protect the rights and further the interests of authors". Its first president was Lord Tennyson, and a great many famous authors, including Shaw, Galsworthy, Hardy, Wells, Barrie, Masefield, Forster, have been active in the society. In 2007 the Society had over 8,000 members.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers comprising an annual report for 1945.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 item only

Conditions governing access:

Open for research

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Finding aids:

Collection-level description

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from Senate House Library.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Richard Temple.

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:
2007-05-04