Contains records of the Literary Fund Anniversary Dinners held in 1925 and 1926. The records are organised by year; for each year, there are two folders, the first containing documents relating to that year’s dinner, principally administrative papers and ephemera such as tickets, toast lists and...
Contains records of the Literary Fund Anniversary Dinners held between 1927 and 1929. The records are organised by year; for each year, there are two folders, the first containing documents relating to that year’s dinner, principally administrative papers and ephemera such as tickets, toast list...
Contains records of the Literary Fund Anniversary Dinners held between 1930 and 1932. The records are organised by year; for each year, there are two folders, the first containing documents relating to that year’s dinner, principally administrative papers and ephemera such as tickets, toast lis...
Contains records of the Literary Fund Anniversary Dinners held between 1933 and 1935. The records are organised by year; for each year, there are two folders, the first containing documents relating to that year’s dinner, principally administrative papers and ephemera such as tickets, toast list...
Contains records of the Literary Fund Anniversary Dinners held between 1936 and 1939. Several of these files are a great deal less complete than those for previous years. The records are organised by year. For 1936, there are two folders, the first containing documents relating to that year’s di...
Sample Royal Literary Fund Anniversary Dinner Document Box (1858-1859)
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The Literary Fund Anniversary Dinner Documents were reboxed in 2013, as the old boxes were rapidly collapsing. This box, the least damaged of the old boxes, has been preserved as a record of the original method of storage. This box is empty; the documents originally kept in the box are now in ...
Letters accepting and declining invitations to the Royal Literary Fund Anniversary Dinner in 1924
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Contains a large number of letters accepting and declining invitations to the Royal Literary Fund’s 1924 Anniversary Dinner, which was chaired by David Alexander Edward Lindsay, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, after the Prince of Wales was forced to withdraw. These letters are generally short y...
Letters accepting and declining invitations to the Royal Literary Fund Anniversary Dinner in 1935
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Contains a large number of letters accepting and declining invitations to the Royal Literary Fund’s 1935 Anniversary Dinner, which was chaired by Queen Marie of Roumania. These letters are generally short yes or no responses. Also contains some similarly brief letters dealing with subscription...
The administrative documents cover many aspects of the Literary Fund’s operations, including its official status, the club which operated concurrently in its early years, its officers, its headquarters, its possessions, its addresses to royalty, its collaborations with government and other organ...
Box containing documents relating to the establishment and administration of the Literary Fund. Contains the following folders, arranged principally by the chronology of the earliest document they include. - Papers and letters relating to the Formation of the Society - Letters respecting Theat...