Francis Bacon Society

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 MS1151
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	: Francis Bacon Society
Date(s)	: 1938
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 1 item
Name of creator(s)	: Francis Bacon Society

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Francis Bacon Society, which was founded in 1886, is best known for its campaigning on the issue of the authorship of plays attributed to Shakespeare. The Society's range of interests also includes Elizabethan history, philosophy, and cryptography.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Francis Bacon Society comprise a letter from Alfred Dodd to Mrs Bayley regarding his Francis Bacon scholarship, 1938.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 item

Conditions governing access:

Open for research.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Finding aids:

Fonds level description

Archival Information

Archival history:

Items found in books belonging to the Bacon Society.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Senate House Library

Allied Materials

Related material:

Senate House Library also holds a copy of a Bacon Society scrapbook, 1937-1938 (reference DLL/2/15).

Publication note:

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:
2007-07-05