Francis Bacon Society
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0096 MS1151 |
Held at | : Senate House Library, University of London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections › |
Full title | : Francis Bacon Society |
Date(s) | : 1938 |
Level of description | : Fonds |
Extent | : 1 item |
Name of creator(s) | : Francis Bacon Society |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Francis Bacon Society, which was founded in 1886, is best known for its campaigning on the issue of the authorship of plays attributed to Shakespeare. The Society's range of interests also includes Elizabethan history, philosophy, and cryptography.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Francis Bacon Society comprise a letter from Alfred Dodd to Mrs Bayley regarding his Francis Bacon scholarship, 1938.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
1 item
Conditions governing access:
Open for research.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original and to the provisions of copyright law. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Finding aids:
Fonds level description
Archival Information
Archival history:
Items found in books belonging to the Bacon Society.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Senate House Library
Allied Materials
Related material:
Senate House Library also holds a copy of a Bacon Society scrapbook, 1937-1938 (reference DLL/2/15).
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Richard Temple.
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:
2007-07-05
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