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Skillington, Stephen Harry: letter (1923)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL452

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Skillington, Stephen Harry: letter (1923)

Date(s): 1923

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 leaf

Name of creator(s): Skillington | Stephen Harry | b 1875 | writer on the history of Leicester

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from Stephen Harry Skillington of 20 Victoria Park Road, Leicester to [Alexander Hamilton] Thompson, 21 Nov 1923. Covering letter enclosing a copy of Skillington's book [A History of Leicester (1923)]; also discussing Skillington's health, etc. 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.

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:

Found enclosed in a presentation copy of Skillington's A History of Leicester (1923) - classmark: MWPP Ski.

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.

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
Local history | History
Local history materials | History materials | Archival materials | Cultural property | Cultural heritage
Health

Personal names
Skillington | Stephen Harry | b 1875 | writer on the history of Leicester

Corporate names

Places
Leicester | Leicestershire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe