IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL422
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Field, Cyrus W: letters (1873-1885)
Date(s): 1873-1885
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 items (3 leaves, 1 blank)
Name of creator(s): Field | Cyrus West | 1819-1892 | businessman and financier
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Cyrus West Field was born in Stockbridge, Massachussetts. His successful business ventures in New York City as a young man enabled him to retire aged 33. With Charles Tilston Bright and others, he formed the Atlantic Telegraph Company, which laid the first telegraph cable between Europe and North America in 1858. In later life, Field lost his money due to bad investments and was bankrupt at the time of his death.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters from Cyrus West Field of Buckingham Palace Hotel, Buckingham Gate. (1) To E W Cooke acknowledging an invitation to the anniversary dinner of the Royal Academy and an invitation from the Athenaeum Club, 9 Apr 1873. (2) To J W Chesson of 5 Tite Street, Chelsea, London agreeing that Chess was 'right in asking the Associated people ... [for] a verbatim report of the Duke of Argyll's speech', also accepting an invitation to breakfast on Saturday, 7 Jul 1885. Both items are written in another hand and signed by Field.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
See hard copy catalogue.
Conditions governing access:
Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. 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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased from E Hall (1966).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008