IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS1121
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: UZANNE, Octave (1852-1931)
Date(s): 1918 October 10
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 letter
Name of creator(s): Uzanne | Octave | 1852-1931 | bibliophile
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1852; published Les Surprises du Coeur in 1881; wrote an article in 1894: "The End of Books", which predicted that books would eventually become overtaken by other media. He founded the magazine The Book.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter to an anonymous correspondent in which Octave Uzanne mentions his six months in Brittany, 1918. He claims to have benefitted from the fresh air there.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: French
System of arrangement:
1 letter 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.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
Senate House Library
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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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: 2006-09-05