LONDON PHONETIC SHORTHAND WRITERS' ASSOCIATION
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/089 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : LONDON PHONETIC SHORTHAND WRITERS' ASSOCIATION |
Date(s) | : 1872-1894 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 8 production units. |
Name of creator(s) | : London Phonetic Shorthand Writers' Association |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Association was formed in 1872 and its members met weekly in the City, most often at 8 Queen Street, Cheapside. It became the London district branch of the National Phonographic Society in 1894. In 1898 this body became the Incorporated Phonographic Society, a society still in existence.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
London Phonetic Shorthand Writers' Association records comprise: an Association magazine, articles written in shorthand, and miscellaneous letters and notes. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 2005.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
CLC/089/MS35907: magazine; CLC/089/MS35908-910: Papers.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
These records were given to Guildhall Library by Bishopsgate Institute in 2002. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
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:
June to August 2010.
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