WILLIS COLLECTION

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 Q/WIL
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: WILLIS COLLECTION
Date(s)	: 1600-1925
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Various.

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

These papers were collected for their general or antiquarian interest rather than having a united provenance (that is, being produced by the same institution or business).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Collection of letters, notes and other documents (including photographs and sketches) from various correspondents relating to a large number of topics. Many are from or to well-known Victorian public figures.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Q/WIL/1-500: Letters and notes; Q/WIL/501-612: Further letters and notes.

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:

Material is from a print collection purchased for the GLC Members' Library from G. Willis, Esq. between 1950-60.

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.