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Senate House Library, University of London

Mead, Geoffrey John de Cusance (fl 1939-1979)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS899

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Mead, Geoffrey John de Cusance (fl 1939-1979)

Date(s): c 1950-1980

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 5 boxes

Name of creator(s): Mead | Geoffrey John Cusance de | fl 1939-1979 | historian

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, notes, tables, etc. relating to Geoffrey John Cusance de Mead's research (for which he was awarded a London PhD in 1954) on the administrative noblesse of France during the eighteenth century, with special reference to the Intendants of the généralités.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and French

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open for research although individual files may be closed under the Freedom of Information Act. See Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is necessary 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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Collection level description. Box listed.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by Mrs Mead in 1983.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Imported from the Senate House catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: 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: 2008; Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Aristocracy | Social structure
French history | European history | National history
Historical research | History

Personal names
Mead | Geoffrey John Cusance de | fl 1939-1979 | historian

Corporate names

Places
France | Western Europe | Europe