This sub-series comprises the indexes to the main run of Minute Books (RLF 2/1). The two index volumes (Loan 96 RLF 2/2/1 and Loan 96 RLF 2/2/2) contain detailed references to the contents of the main run, and are especially useful for locating administrative information or pronouncements by offi...
Index to the Minute Books of the Literary Fund (Volumes 1-9)
Scope & Content:
Contains two alphabetical indexes to the first nine volumes of the Minute Books, one for Fund matters, officers and members of the Committee and one for applicants to the Fund.
Royal Literary Fund - Minute Books - subsidiary volumes
Scope & Content:
This sub-series contains bound volumes associated with the Minute Books, but not part of the main run. There are two types of volumes. The Sub-Committee Minute Books (Loan 96 RLF 2/3/1 and Loan 96 RLF 2/3/2) give the minutes of the Sub-Committee that met to deal with any Fund business that requir...
This sub-series contains surviving ledgers and letter books recording the affairs of the Literary Fund. The surviving volumes do not constitute a complete record, but the information they contain can often be supplemented by referring to the main run of Minute Books (Loan 96 RLF 2/1), the Annual...
Ledger recording payments to beneficiaries relieved by the Literary Fund between 1791 and 1823
Scope & Content:
Small, vellum-bound ledger detailing payments made to applicants to the Literary Fund during the early years of its existence. Opens with ‘An Alphabetical List of Persons relieved by the Literary Fund’, which provides an index to the numbered records of payments which follow. In the second hal...
Records payments made to the Literary Fund’s House Fund between 1805 and 1820. The house in question was 36 Gerard Street in Soho, the leasing of which was made possible by a donation from the Prince of Wales. Further details regarding the Fund’s properties can be found in the administrative d...