Morgan, Sophia De: correspondence
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0096 AL160 |
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 | : Morgan, Sophia De: correspondence |
Date(s) | : c1870-1884 |
Level of description | : fonds |
Extent | : 4 items |
Name of creator(s) | : Morgan | Sophia Elizabeth | De | fl 1836 | née Frend | wife of Augustus De Morgan x De Morgan | Sophia Elizabeth x Frend | Sophia Elizabeth |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Sophia Elizabeth Frend was the eldest daughter of the nonconformist writer William Frend. She married the mathematician Augustus De Morgan in 1837 and they had 7 children, including the novelist and ceramicist William Frend De Morgan. Sophia collaborated with her husband on studies of psychical mediumship and wrote several books, including memoirs of her father and her husband.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters sent and received by Mrs Sophia De Morgan, c 1870-1884. Correspondents include Charles Tomlinson and Professor Alexander Bain.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
See hard copy catalogue.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
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:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Found pasted inside Clodd's copy of Jerrold's book George Meredith: an essay towards appreciation - classmark: (XIX) Bc [Meredith - Appendix - Jerrold].
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Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.
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:
Aug 2008
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