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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Loan 96 RLF Level [40] File

3761. Loan 96 RLF 5/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/9
Title:
Addresses to Royalty etc.
Scope & Content:
Contains documents relating to formal addresses made by the Literary Fund to members of the Royal Family, influential aristocrats and foreign leaders and dignitaries. Also contains four files of acknowledgements from representatives of the Royal Family and Leopold II, King of Belgium. - Addre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1817-1918
Extent:

1 box (31 folders)

3762. Loan 96 RLF 5/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/10
Title:
Communications regarding Civil List pensions and enquiries from Downing Street
Scope & Content:
Contains documents, principally letters, relating to enquiries made to the Secretaries of the Literary Fund about the cases of writers who applied to the government and members of the royal household for financial aid. These fall into two main sections. The first relates to the secretarial tenur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1980
Extent:

1 box (27 folders)

3763. Loan 96 RLF 5/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/11
Title:
Charterhouse Nominations
Scope & Content:
Contains letters relating to the nominations of various writers to positions as Poor Brothers of the Charterhouse. These nominations were in the gift of Queen Victoria, and members of the royal staff sought the advice of Octavian Blewitt, the Literary Fund’s Secretary, on suitable literary men t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843-1885
Extent:

1 box (12 folders)

3764. Loan 96 RLF 5/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/12
Title:
Subscriptions + Donations A-Z
Scope & Content:
Contains correspondence about donations and subscriptions to the Literary Fund from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. The letters are organised in folders arranged alphabetically by surname of correspondents, as detailed below. Contents mainly concern payment or non-payment of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1796-23 Dec 1914
Extent:

1 box (20 folders)

3765. Loan 96 RLF 5/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/13
Title:
Funds: Arrears + Donations
Scope & Content:
Contains files pertaining to the Literary Fund’s financial matters, consisting of two main groupings. The first details donations and subscriptions to the Fund by individuals and organisations, principally during the nineteenth century. The second deals with arrears owed by prominent members and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1796-8 Jun 1936
Extent:

1 box (38 folders)

3766. Loan 96 RLF 5/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/14
Title:
Funds: Legacies
Scope & Content:
Contains files pertaining to legacies left to the Literary Fund – these principally contain details of the wills in which the bequests were made and correspondence concerning them. Also contains three reports on proposed changes to the Fund’s investment strategies and the autobiography of Thomas...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800s-22 Jul 1885
Extent:

1 box (35 folders)

3767. Loan 96 RLF 5/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/15
Title:
Royal Literary Fund: Treasurers’ Reports and Registrars’ Reports
Scope & Content:
This box contains the Royal Literary Fund’s Registrars’ Reports from 1839-1895 and the Treasurers’ Reports from 1840 to 1887. The Registrars’ Reports give details of the General Committee members, Registrars and Treasurers who attended each Committee meeting and list vacancies on the Committee ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-1895
Extent:

1 box (3 folders)

3768. Loan 96 RLF 5/16

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/16
Title:
Royal Literary Fund: Auditors’ Reports
Scope & Content:
Contains the Auditors’ Reports of the Royal Literary Fund for the years between 1820 and 1904. These consist principally of double-entry records detailing the Fund’s incomings (including donations, subscriptions, profits from stocks and monies raised at the anniversary dinners) and outgoings (in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1820-1904
Extent:

1 box (7 folders)

3769. Loan 96 RLF 5/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/17
Title:
Royal Literary Fund: Annual Reports of Grants and Analysis of Cases, 1839-1879
Scope & Content:
This box contains two sets of records, both principally prepared by the Funds’ secretary between 1839 and 1884, Octavian Blewitt. The Annual Reports of Grants tabulate anonymised information on the applicants who were relieved during each year, outlining the breakdown of different types of auth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-1895
Extent:

1 box (5 folders)

3770. Loan 96 RLF 5/18

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/18
Title:
Royal Literary Fund: Analysis of Cases, 1880-1899 and Correspondence regarding Colonel Blood’s Daggers
Scope & Content:
This box contains analyses of the cases submitted to the Royal Literary Fund between 1880 and 1899. These records record information on the applicants whose cases were presented to the committee each month. The cases are divided into ‘new’ (first-time applicants) and ‘old’ (those who had appli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880-1947
Extent:

1 box (3 folders)

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