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Add MS 52292
- Record Id:
- 032-002001748
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002001748
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x00039c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52292
- Title:
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HISTORY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM by Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1888-1909; 19th-20th cent. Autograph draft, (ff. 5-157) partially revised. Followed (ff. 158-327) by autograph notes, letters to Maunde Thompson, extracts from Trustees' Minutes and printed material, interleaved (ff. 90, 106-108, 112, 126, 127) with additions made, with a view to publication, by Sir Frederic George Kenyon, Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1909-30. See his letter at f. 2. Considered, again without result, as a publication for the British Museum Bicentenary, 1953. See letter, with a summary contents list, at f. 1. Transferred from the Director's Office, The British Museum.
Paper; ff. 327. Folio. XIX-XX cent.
- Scope & Content:
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Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, GCB; Director of the British Museum: History of British Museum,: 19th-20th cent: Autogr. draft.
British Museum: History, etc., by Sir E. M. Thompson: 19th-20th cent: Draft: Autogr.
includes:
- f. 2 Sir Frederic George Kenyon, GBE; Director, British Museum: Letter to Sir G. F. Hill,: 1925.
- f. 5 Dr Cecil Bernard Oldman, CB; Principal Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Letter to Sir T. Kendrick,: 1951: Signed.
- f. 5 Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick, KCB: Letter to,: 1951.
- ff. 90, 106-108, 112, 126, 127 Sir Frederic George Kenyon, GBE; Director, British Museum: Additions to Sir E. M. Thompson's draft history of British Museum,: n.d.
- ff. 285-287 Henry Wagner, FSA: Letter, etc., to Sir E. M. Thompson,: 1906.
- ff. 285-287 Sir George Francis Hill, KCB; Director, British Museum: Letter, etc., to,: n.d.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002001748
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002001748
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 19th century-20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- British Museum, 1753-
Hill, George Francis, KCB, Director British Museum
Kendrick, Thomas Downing, KCB
Kenyon, Frederic George, Knight, museum director, 1863-1952,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27137807
Oldman, Cecil Bernard, Principal Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum, 1894-1969,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000045949886,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/26696686
Thompson, Edward Maunde, GCB, Director of the British Museum
Wagner, Henry, FSA