SHARPE PAPERS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 SHARPE
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full title	: SHARPE PAPERS
Date(s)	: Created 1715-1957
Level of description	: Collection (fonds) View subfonds/series records
Extent	: 35 boxes, 1 outsize box, 3 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: Kenrick | family Reid | family Rogers | family Sharpe | family
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Kenrick, Reid, Rogers and Sharpe families were a group of late 18th century and 19th century non-conformists largely associated with north London. Numbered among their members were such well-known figures as the poet Samuel Rogers (1763-1855); the barrister Sutton Sharpe (1797-1843), whose wide circle of friends included many literary figures; the businessman, Egyptologist and philanthropist Samuel Sharpe (1799-1881); and the highly respected York non-conformist minister John Kenrick (1788-1877). They and their relatives through successive generations were active in many different walks of life, and their interests and friends were very varied.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The collection contains correspondence, diaries, travel journals, accounts, library catalogues and commonplace books of the Kenrick, Reid, Rogers and Sharpe families, which all help to complete the picture of the four related families. The correspondence covers many topics and is especially interesting on three counts: first, for the many letters from eminent men and women; second, for the range and depth of discussion and exchange of ideas on literary, artistic, religious and philosophical matters; and third, for the day-to-day letters written between parent and child over several generations, which provide a detailed account of family life during the period.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The collection comprises the sub-fonds Rogers Family Papers (Ref: SHARPE 1-60); Sharpe Family Papers (Ref: SHARPE 61-156); Reid Family Papers (Ref: SHARPE 157-175); Kenrick Family Papers (Ref: SHARPE 176-198); Miscellaneous Sharpe, Reid and Kenrick Papers (Ref: SHARPE 199-212).

Conditions governing access:

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Finding aids:

Basic catalogue on online catalogue. Published handlist by Jacqueline Golden, The Sharpe Papers (1715-1935) (The Library, University College London, Occasional Publication no 8, 1983), with name index.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Most of the papers were presented to the College in October 1965 by Professor Egon Sharpe Pearson, a descendant of the family through his wife Maria Sharpe, with a few additional items purchased at Sotheby's in February 1967, and some donated by Professor Pearson in 1975 and 1977. In 1973 a larger addition was added, presented by Dr Helga Sharpe Hacker, Professor Pearson's sister. Further papers of Maria Sharpe and her family are contained in the Pearson Papers.

Allied Materials

Related material:

University College London Special Collections holds the Sharpe Papers, the other sub-fonds comprising the Rogers Family Papers (Ref: SHARPE 1-60); the Reid Family Papers (Ref: SHARPE 157-175); the Kenrick Family Papers (Ref: SHARPE 176-198); Miscellaneous Sharpe, Reid and Kenrick Papers (Ref: SHARPE 199-212). UCL Special Collections holds further material relating to the history of the Sharpe family in the Karl Pearson papers (Ref: PEARSON) and the Egon Pearson papers (Ref: E S PEARSON)

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Description Notes

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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999