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Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Directors' papers

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1697 A.IALS 2

Held at: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Title: Directors' papers

Date(s): 1946-1987

Level of description: Series of Institute Of Advanced Legal Studies Archives

Extent: 3 boxes

Name of creator(s): Institute of Advanced Legal Studies | Director

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Directors of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 1947-1988, have been Sir David Hughes Parry MA, LLD, 1947-1959; Sir Norman D Anderson OBE, MA, LLD, 1960-1976; Professor A L Diamond LLM, 1976-1986; Sir Jack Jacob QC, LLD, Dr Juris, 1986-1988. The Director's functions are as follows: to lay down policy directions for IALS; to give academic leadership; to ensure efficient management; to represent IALS within the University and outside; and to participate on behalf of IALS in the direction and management of the School of Advanced Study.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence and papers of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) Directors, 1946-1987, consisting of miscellaneous files identified to date as being those of the various Directors, and in Sir David Hughes Parry's case also covering his first two years as Chairman of the Committee of Management. Some personal papers of Parry's are also included.
Correspondence and papers of Sir David Hughes Parry consist of official correspondence, 1946-1962; personal correspondence, 1948-1957; correspondence and papers relating to the Director's visit to North America, 1949; statement of developments policies for 1952-1957, and 1957-1962; Parry's annotated papers and correspondence as a member of the Law Reform Committee, 1954-1959.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Norman D Anderson consist of statement of development policy for 1960 including historical material and papers relating to University Grants Committee visit, 1948-1960; statement of development policy for 1972-1977; papers relating to applications for Ford African-Asian junior research fellowships, 1969-1970; correspondence and papers relating to appeals for capital finance for the new Institute building (Charles Clore House [Russell Square]), 1972-1976; correspondence and papers concerning invitations to the opening of Charles Clore House, 1976.
Correspondence and papers of Professor A L Diamond consist of his papers as Chairman of the British Library working party on the provision for law, 1981-1982; correspondence and submissions, 1981-1982; Chairman's notes, interim report and background papers, 1981-1982; responses to the report and discussion papers on future initiatives, 1983-1986.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Jack Jacob consist of material concerning the 40th anniversary visit to the Institute of the Chancellor, HRH the Princess Anne, 1986-1987; copy of Sir Jack's paper titled 'The implications of the Naylor Report', recommending a unified university library, 1987.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Roughly chronological as given in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Printed and published material open. Remaining records open 20 years after last date on file unless otherwise specified.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright declaration form to be completed.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue available at the IALS.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

The records were put together by the Archivist during appraisal in 1999 as they did not, apparently, belong to any general file series, but consisted of miscellaneous files created by the various directors relating to particular matters of interest.

Accruals:

Further papers of these and of succeeding Directors will be added to the IALS Archives as they are located.

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

These records were deposited in the Archives in 1997/1998.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The IALS holds papers of Muriel Anderson, Assistant Librarian, IALS, as a member of the British Library working party on provision for law, 1980-1982, (Ref: A.IALS 9/1). Directors' correspondence and papers are frequently filed together with the IALS Secretaries' papers (Ref: A.IALS 3-5).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Annabel Dodds for the RSLP AIM25 Project.