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1. Loan 96 RLF

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF
Title:
Archive of the Royal Literary Fund
Scope & Content:
The Royal Literary Fund (RLF) is a British benevolent fund for published authors in financial difficulties. First mooted by the dissenting minister, philosopher and educationalist David Williams in the 1770s, the Literary Fund was established in 1790 and has operated continuously since that date...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1990s
Extent:
3773 files

2. Loan 96 RLF 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 3
Title:
Royal Literary Fund - Annual Reports
Scope & Content:
The Annual Reports contain information regarding the Literary Fund's finances, subscribers and officers. They also contain varying additional documentation, including descriptions of the Fund's work, copies of its charter and statistical tables. Also present are materials relating to the Fund's ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1792-1966
Extent:
26 files

3. Loan 96 RLF 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5
Title:
Royal Literary Fund - Administrative Documents
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1957
Extent:
21 files

4. Loan 96 RLF 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 4
Title:
Royal Literary Fund - Anniversary Dinner Documents
Scope & Content:
These boxes contain the records of the Anniversary Dinners of the Literary Fund, held every year from 1793 until 1939, with the exception of the years 1915-1919, when the dinners were halted due to the First World War. The materials that survive vary from year to year, but often include correspo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1793-1939
Extent:

33 boxes

5. Loan 96 RLF 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 1
Title:
Royal Literary Fund - Case Files
Scope & Content:
The main work of the Literary Fund since its foundation in 1790 has been the provision of grants to writers in distressed circumstances. Throughout the period the archive covers, writers applied confidentially and their applications and works were considered by the Fund's Committee. If applicant...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1990s
Extent:
3667 files

6. Loan 96 RLF 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 2
Title:
Royal Literary Fund - Minute Books and Ledgers
Scope & Content:
The Minute Books and Ledgers contain the administrative records of the Literary Fund, recording in outline the deliberations of its various committees and giving details of its financial affairs. This series consists of four sub-series. The first sub-series (Loan 96 RLF 2/1) comprises the mai...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1790-1950s
Extent:
26 files

7. Loan 96 RLF 1/18

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 1/18
Title:
Mrs Pollard
Scope & Content:
Works published: None Career: Actress Applications: 25 Aug 1792 (5 guineas) Note: 'Mrs Pollard was considered to have a claim upon the society, as she had acted in a farce performed for the benefit of the Fund.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1792-11 Aug 1806
Extent:
1 file (3 documents)

8. Loan 96 RLF 1/3289

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 1/3289
Title:
Oswald Kendall
Scope & Content:
Works published: Fiction : Novels, Stories Applications: 18 Mar 1927 (£50), 10 Mar 1929 (£25), 31 May 1932 (£50)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1927-5 Jul 1932
Extent:
1 file (51 documents)

9. Loan 96 RLF 1/3349

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 1/3349
Title:
Patricia Hoey
Scope & Content:
Works published: Journalism Career: Journalist; Member of the MJI and the National Union of Journalists Applications: 18 Nov 1929 (rejected)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1927-29 Jan 1930
Extent:
1 file (35 documents)

10. Loan 96 RLF 1/3387

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 1/3387
Title:
Hugh Brooke
Scope & Content:
Works published: Fiction : Novels Career: 'Oxford'; Actor; Waiter Applications: 7 Mar 1931 (£25)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1931-16 May 1931
Extent:
1 file (16 documents)