LONDON PHONETIC SHORTHAND WRITERS' ASSOCIATION

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/089
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: LONDON PHONETIC SHORTHAND WRITERS' ASSOCIATION
Date(s)	: 1872-1894
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 8 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: London Phonetic Shorthand Writers' Association

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Association was formed in 1872 and its members met weekly in the City, most often at 8 Queen Street, Cheapside. It became the London district branch of the National Phonographic Society in 1894. In 1898 this body became the Incorporated Phonographic Society, a society still in existence.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

London Phonetic Shorthand Writers' Association records comprise: an Association magazine, articles written in shorthand, and miscellaneous letters and notes. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 2005.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

CLC/089/MS35907: magazine; CLC/089/MS35908-910: Papers.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

These records were given to Guildhall Library by Bishopsgate Institute in 2002. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
June to August 2010.