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Senate House Library, University of London

Busk, Sir Edward Henry: letter, 30 Jul 1923


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL15e

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Busk, Sir Edward Henry: letter, 30 Jul 1923

Date(s): 1923

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 sheet

Name of creator(s): Busk | Sir | Edward Henry | 1844-1926 | Knight | Vice Chancellor of the University of London

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from Sir Edward Henry Busk of Heath End, Checkendon, Oxfordshire to R A Rye. Asking for the name and address of a photographer to reproduce his portrait painted by [John Singer] Sargent, 'as many friends are asking me for a reproduction'. Autograph, with signature.

ACCESS AND 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:

Catalogue of the manuscripts and autograph letters in the University Library: Supplement 1921-1930 (1930). A copy is available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought from Tregaskis in 1912, about 2 months after Ludlow's books were sold at Hodgson's.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of copies:

On negative microfilm - reference: MIC 242/2.

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Portrait painting | Painting | Fine arts
Portraits | Paintings | Painting | Fine arts
Illustrations
Photography

Personal names
Busk | Sir | Edward Henry | 1844-1926 | Knight | Vice Chancellor of the University of London
Sargent | John Singer | 1856-1925 | painter

Corporate names

Places