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Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Secretary/Librarian papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1697 A.IALS 3

Held at: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Title: Secretary/Librarian papers

Date(s): 1946-1984

Level of description: Series of Institute Of Advanced Legal Studies Archives

Extent: 3 boxes

Name of creator(s): Institute of Advanced Legal Studies | Secretary and Librarian
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies | Librarian
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies | Secretary

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Secretary and Librarian undertook the administration of the Institute under the direction of the Committee of Management and was also responsible for building up the library. The position was held by K Howard Drake from 1947 until his death in 1967. He was succeeded by W A F P Steiner. In 1971 the functions were separated, with Steiner continuing as IALS Librarian while administrative duties passed to a new Secretary, J A Boxhall.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence and papers of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) Secretary/Librarian, 1946-1984, primarily comprise a selection of the general and administrative files of K Howard Drake, with a small amount of correspondence of W A F P Steiner and J A Boxhall. 'British Museum' file, holding correspondence of Drake and Steiner, 1947-1972; 'General correspondence' file relating to Library acquisitions and binding, 1956-1967; 'General correspondence' file on cataloguing and indexing procedures, 1965-1967; 'International Association of Law Libraries: course in law librarianship, Luxembourg, 1966', Drake's file as President of the IALL, 1965-1966; 'International Association of Law Libraries: Uppsala, 1966', Drake's file as President of the IALL, 1965-1966; correspondence between Drake and Elizabeth Moys, Acting Librarian, University of Lagos and later of Glasgow University Library, 1962-1968; 'Nuffield Foundation', correspondence and papers relating to grants to the IALS Library, 1946-1970; 'Standing conference of librarians of the libraries of the University of London', correspondence, 1954-1969; 'University Grants Commission: annual returns', 1948-1965; 'Library policy', draft policy statements, background papers, Library Committee minutes, 1947-1984; correspondence with the Library, Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada, 1949-1961; lists of current legal research topics, 1949-1966; correspondence and papers relating to the K Howard Drake memorial fund, 1968-1975; Secretary/Librarian's telephone directory; printed Finding list of primary source materials for British and Irish Law held by London libraries compiled by W A Steiner (IALS, 1974).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

See appraisal information above.

Conditions governing access:

Printed and published material open. Remaining records open 20 years after last date on file unless otherwise specified.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright declaration form to be completed.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue available at the IALS.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Files 1-9 comprise what was left following a weeding exercise in 1974 by J A Boxhall; they were placed in four box files entitled "Current files - earlier correspondence: weeded JB 1974". During appraisal of the IALS archives in 1999 by the Archivist, some further files with similar markings, which were clearly correspondence and papers of K Howard Drake as Librarian, were found loose in a variety of locations and added to the series. Later files were added, as they were identified, chronologically.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Archival history:

Four box files were transferred by J A Boxhall. Some correspondence and papers of K Howard Drake as Librarian were found loose in a variety of locations.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in the Archives in 1997/1998.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Directors' correspondence and papers (Ref: A.IALS 2) are frequently filed together with the Secretaries' papers.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Annabel Dodds for RSLP AIM25 Project.

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: Aug 2000; revised Oct 2000.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Academic libraries | Libraries
Archive finding aids | Archive records | Archive management
Bibliographic control | Cataloguing | Information processing
Binding | Printing methods | Printing | Publishing | Publishing industry
Indexing | Documentary analysis | Information processing
Information/library cooperation | Information/library planning
Information/library finance | Information/library economics | Information/library planning
Information/library management | Information/library administration
Law libraries | Special libraries
Legal education | Vocational education
Legal systems | Law
Librarians | Information/library personnel
Research libraries | Special libraries
Acquisitions

Personal names
Boxhall | J A | fl 1971-1986 | Secretary of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Drake | K Howard | d 1967 | Secretary and Librarian of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Moys | Elizabeth Mary | fl 1962-1968 | law librarian
Steiner | Willi A F P | fl 1967-1974 | administrator and librarian

Corporate names
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies | Librarian
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies | Library
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies | Secretary
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies | Secretary and Librarian
International Association of Law Libraries
Nuffield Foundation
Osgoode Hall Law School | Canada | Library
UGC | University Grants Committee x University Grants Committee
University of London | School of Advanced Study | Institute of Advanced Legal Studies x Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
University of London | Standing Conference of the Librarians of the Libraries of the University of London x SCOLLUL

Places