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Thompson, Helen G: letter (1967)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL443

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Thompson, Helen G: letter (1967)

Date(s): 1967

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2 leaves

Name of creator(s): Thompson | Helen G | fl 1916-1967 | daughter of Silvanus Phillips Thompson

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from Helen Thompson of Swarthmore, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire to [J H P] Pafford, Goldsmiths' Librarian, University of London Library, 24 Feb 1967. Discussing the library and papers of her father, Silvanus P Thompson, and portraits of him. Autograph, with signature.

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. Access to individual items in Senate House Library archives collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. 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:

Transferred from the Goldsmiths' Librarian's files (1970).

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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: July 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects

Personal names
Thompson | Helen G | fl 1916-1967 | daughter of Silvanus Phillips Thompson
Thompson | Silvanus Phillips | 1851-1916 | physicist x Thompson | Sylvanus Phillips

Corporate names

Places