NOTCUTT, Rachel Lydia (1841-1921)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0505 PP15
Held at	: Royal Holloway, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/archives ›
Full title	: NOTCUTT, Rachel Lydia (1841-1921)
Date(s)	: 1905
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 3 items
Name of creator(s)	: Notcutt | Rachel Lydia | 1841-1921 | Librarian and teacher
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1841; student at Bedford College, 1868; Resident, Bedford College Boarding House in Bedford Square and York Place, London, until 1894; Assistant, Department of Latin, Bedford College, 1881-1891; Honorary Librarian, Bedford College, 1883-1895; Member of Council, Bedford College, University of London, 1891-1901 and 1909-1913; Member of House Committee, 1891-1921, and Library Committee, 1890-1921, Bedford College; Secretary of Reid Trustees, 1882-1921; Notcutt Travelling Studentship instituted by the Reid Trust, 1918; died 1921.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence, 1905, between Rachel Notcutt and Alice Sargant, relating to the objections to a proposed new site for Bedford College in Bloomsbury, London.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

3 items.

Conditions governing access:

Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.

Finding aids:

Handlist available in the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

The papers were transferred from the Bedford College Archives when the College merged with Royal Holloway in 1985.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Royal Holloway, University of London Archives hold two framed pencil sketches, 1920, of Rachel Notcutt by Francis Dodd (BC RF151/2); a letter, 1985, written by Norah McNaulty, former Bedford College student and Registrar, containing reminiscences of Rachel Notcutt (BC RF140/1/2); papers relating to the Notcutt scholarship, 1913-1933 (BC GB130/1/1-7); and a framed photograph (BC PH1).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the AIM25 project.

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:
Mar 2000