IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1510 POWYS
Held at: Royal Veterinary College
Title: POWYS, Richard Atherton Norman (1844-1913)
Date(s): 1888-1909
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 42 files
Name of creator(s): Powys | Richard Atherton Norman | 1844-1913 | Secretary of the Royal Veterinary College
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Richard Powys was born in 1844; he was first Secretary of the Royal Veterinary College, 1876-1913; he died in 1913.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Official letters of Richard Powys as Secretary of the Royal Veterinary College, 1888-1909.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Chronological.
Conditions governing access:
Open by appointment only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies available at the discretion of the Archivist.
Physical characteristics:
The letters were originally housed in 7 volumes, but were badly damaged and rehoused in 47 files as part of the conservation process.
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received from Camden, 2007.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
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: Oct 2008