Lancaster, Sir Osbert: letter

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 AL501
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	: Lancaster, Sir Osbert: letter
Date(s)	: [1945-1967]
Level of description	: fonds
Extent	: 1 leaf
Name of creator(s)	: Lancaster | Sir | Osbert | 1908-1986 | Knight | cartoonist and designer

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Osbert Lancaster was born in London in 1908. He was educated at Charterhouse and at Lincoln College, Oxford, before entering the Slade School of Art. He spent most of his working life as a cartoonist for the Daily Express newspaper; his work was considered witty and topical. Lancaster was awarded the CBE in 1953 and knighted in 1975.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from Sir Osbert Lancaster of Flat 2, 12 Eaton Square, London to [Dr John Henry Pyle Pafford], 22 Jun [1945-1967]. Agreeing to autograph a book for the University of London Library.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to individual items in Senate House Library archives collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Library office, Mar 1978.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.

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:
Aug 2008