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Senate House Library, University of London

Pott, Constance Mary Fearon

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 1113

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Pott, Constance Mary Fearon

Date(s): 1679-1949

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 100 box files

Name of creator(s): Pott | Constance Mary Fearon | 1833-1914 | author

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1833; wrote under the name Mrs Henry Pott and became a prominent Shakespeare scholar and proponent of the theory that Francis Bacon was Shakespeare; died 1914.
Publications include: The promus of formularies and elegances, by Francis Bacon (1883); Did Francis Bacon write "Shakespeare"? (1884); Francis Bacon and his secret society: An attempt to collect and unite the lost links of a long and strong chain (1891).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Handwritten research notes, offprints and publications compiled by Constance Mary Pott for her publications and many articles on the Bacon-Shakespeare authorship debate and Francis Bacon in general, including notes on emblems from natural history and other areas in Bacon and Shakespeare's works, along with correspondence with other Baconians, including Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence and James Cary, and records of the Bacon Society (1679-1949).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The collection is arranged in 100 'book imitation' box files, numbered and labelled by Pott herself.

Conditions governing access:

Closed until listed.

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:

Box list available.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Constance Pott's daughter, Miss C Pott, donated her mother's books and documents to the Senate house Library in 1953.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Senate House Library contains the book collection that belonged to Constance Pott.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Stefan Dickers for the RSLP supported AIM25 Project.