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Senate House Library, University of London

Pafford, John Henry Pyle (1900-1996)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS920

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Pafford, John Henry Pyle (1900-1996)

Date(s): 1957-1958

Level of description: Collection

Extent: One folder

Name of creator(s): Pafford | John Henry Pyle | 1900-1996 | librarian

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Henry Pyle Pafford was Goldsmiths' Librarian of the University of London Library from 1945 to 1967. He published works on librarianship, including Library Cooperation in Europe (1935) and American and Canadian Libraries: some notes on a visit in the summer of 1947 (1949), and acted as an editor of The Year's Work in Librarianship during 1939-1950. He was also an editor of literary texts, notably the Arden edition of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence of John Henry Pyle Pafford with Dr. Hunt re MS Ashmore 208 and related matters, with facsimiles, transcripts and newscuttings.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One folder.

Conditions governing access:

Open.

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.

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Given by P.M. Baker.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Goldsmith's Librarian's files in 1970.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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