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1. 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

2. Loan 96 RLF 5/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/7
Title:
House, 1805-1872
Scope & Content:
Contains documentation relating to the succession of houses and chambers which the Literary Fund leased between 1805 and 1872, as well as subsidiary documents on finances, the uses of the houses and on searches for suitable properties. The files are ordered chronologically by the date of the fir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1805-1896
Extent:

1 box (10 folders)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. Loan 96 RLF 5/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3
Title:
Literary Fund Club Documents
Scope & Content:
Contains documents relating to the Literary Fund Club, including a few early documents from its 1790s incarnation and a more complete (although still spotty) run of papers and correspondence dating from after the Club’s revival in 1806. The letters principally relate to the organisation of or at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1796-1834
Extent:
1 box (21 folders)

8. Loan 96 RLF 5/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/8
Title:
House, 1872-1957 + Portraits
Scope & Content:
Contains two distinct groups of documents. The first are five folders relating to the properties the Literary Fund occupied between 1872 and 1957, which follow on from the House records 1805-1872 (see Loan 96 RLF 5/7). These contain contracts, correspondence and financial records: - 10, John St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1802-1957
Extent:

1 box (16 folders)

9. 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)

10. Loan 96 RLF 5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/1
Title:
Literary Fund Corporation Documents (1790-1844)
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1879
Extent:
1 box (17 folders)

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