ALR.B.3 - Foreign and Colonial Correspondence - 1911-1949
The letters in this series were all written by residents of countries other than the United Kingdom and the United States, some of which were British colonies when they were composed. Nearly all the letters in this group are concerned with Reade's Johnsonian Gleanings and simil...
| Archive level description: | Sub-series |
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| Physical Description: | 21 items |
| Summary: | The letters in this series were all written by residents of countries other than the United Kingdom and the United States, some of which were British colonies when they were composed. Nearly all the letters in this group are concerned with Reade's Johnsonian Gleanings and similar research. Additionally, some biographical information can be obtained from them; thus, short biographies are given for each writer. This collection contains twenty-one letters from a total of nine correspondents, from seven different countries - the Netherlands or Holland, France and Germany in Europe; India and Sri Lanka or Ceylon in Asia; Australia in the Pacific, and Jamaica in the Caribbean. It is probable that more correspondence was written but has since been lost. |
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| Date: | 1911-1949 |
| Reference Number: | ALR.B.3 |
| Arrangement: | The letters that comprise this sequence were the last twenty--one items in the collection's original C.II. sequence. This sequence grouped together Scottish, foreign and colonial correspondence, with the last two groups listed together. Here, the letters have been sub-divided into author, and arranged alphabetically. Within each author's series, the letters have been arranged chronologically, with estimates being made from internal evidence for those items which have no obvious date. This system more or less preserves the original order of the letters, which were initially arranged alphabetically by author, and then chronologically. However, some letters were out of sequence; where this was the case, these letters have been moved into chronological order, and the fact recorded in a note at the beginning of each author's series. In addition, the original call numbers for all the letters has been recorded, so that the original order is still preserved. |