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Senate House Library, University of London

Richnell, Donovan (1911-1994)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS1135

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Richnell, Donovan (1911-1994)

Date(s): c1922-c1991

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 11 boxes

Name of creator(s): Richnell | Donovan Thomas | 1911-1994 | librarian

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Donovan Richnell was born in Bedford Park, London in 1911 and was educated at St. Paul's School and Corpus Christi, Cambridge. His war service included a posting to the Far East with the Royal Navy. He was successively; Sub-Librarian at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1946-1949; Deputy Librarian, London University Library, 1949-1960; Librarian, Reading University, 1960-1967; Director and Goldsmith's Librarian, London University Library, 1967-1974; Director General of the British Library Reference Division, 1974-1979.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Notebooks, [1922-1991]; manuscripts including "Emancipated Women", "Heart-Shaped Ladies"; Library Association papers, 1959-1972; correspondence with Philip Larkin, 1965; diary, 1966-1970.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Unsorted

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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Box listed

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Deposited at the Library by Don Richnell's literary executor.

Immediate source of acquisition:

See above

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Entry 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: 2007/03/11


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Diaries | Nonfiction | Prose | Literary forms and genres | Literature
English literature | European literature | National literatures
Primary documents

Personal names
Larkin, Philip Arthur | 1922-1985 | poet
Richnell | Donovan Thomas | 1911-1994 | librarian

Corporate names

Places