IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL178
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Holyoake, George Jacob: letter, 23 Feb 1895
Date(s): 1895
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 leaves
Name of creator(s): Holyoake | George Jacob | 1817-1906 | co-operator and secularist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
George Jacob Holyoake was born in Birmingham on 13 April 1817. For thirteen years until 1839 he worked at the Eagle Foundry, and in 1836 joined the Mechanics' Institute, where he developed an interest in arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and phrenology. Holyoake became a leader in the free-thought movement and a social reformer. He was imprisoned for 6 months in 1841 for blasphemy. He coined the term secularism in 1846. He spent the latter part of his life working for the co-operative movement. He died in 1906.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from George Jacon Holyoake of Eastern Lodge, Brighton to an unidenfied recipient, 23 Feb 1895. Responding to questions relating to his views on various aspects of co-operation. Written in another hand and signed by Holyoake.
ACCESS AND 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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought from Percy Dobell & Son, Jan 1952.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Viriginia.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008