HALL
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 Q/CP |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : HALL |
Date(s) | : 1856-1897 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 0.01 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Various. |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Crystal Palace was constructed in 1851 in Hyde Park, to house the Great Exhibition. After the Exhbition it was dismantled and re-erected in Sydenham where it was used as an amusement park, holding exhbitions, concerts, theatrical productions, firework displays and sports events. It had a small zoo, fountains and a statue park. The Palace burned down in 1936 and was destroyed.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
This collection consists of letters to and from officials of the Crystal Palace relating to exhibitions, visits and events.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Documents in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection 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:
Purchased by the London County Council Record Office from Edward Hall in May 1958.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
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:
August to October 2010.
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