IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0372 LABOUR HISTORY MANUSCRIPTS/45
Held at: Bishopsgate Institute
Title: Joseph William Corfield (c1810-1888)
Date(s): 1845-1860
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 Items
Name of creator(s): Corfield | Joseph William | [1810]-1888 | book binder and radical activist
Corfield | Emma Ann | 1835-1910 | radical activist and campaigner
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
No further information.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript family diary of Joseph William Corfield (c 1810-1888), including contributions from his children, especially Emma Ann(a) Corfield (1835-1910). Contains entries on radical constitutional politics, Chartism, current affairs, the anti-slavery movement and women's suffrage, alongside revealing vignettes of family, business and social life. Also includes short diary written by wife Elizabeth Anna Corfield (nee Preston) consisting of notes on family news, visits, holidays and presents (1845-1860).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
No further arrangement at present.
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying and scanning facilities are available for a charge and will be completed by archival staff if condition and copyright permits. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Finding aids:
ADLIB Online Catalogue.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
No further information.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Natalie Whistance.
Date(s) of descriptions: 17 September 2012.