Zona do título e menção de responsabilidade
Título próprio
Designação geral do material
Título paralelo
Outra informação do título
Título(s) de declaração(ões) de responsabilidade
Notas ao título
Nível de descrição
Código de referência
Zona de edição
Declaração de edição
Declaração de responsabilidade da edição
Zona de detalhes específicos de materiais
Declaração de escala (cartográfica)
Declaração de projeção (cartográfica)
Declaração de coordenadas (cartográfica)
Declaração de escala (arquitetural)
Autoridade emissora e denominação (filatélica)
Zona de datas de criação
Data(s)
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1915-1976 (Produção)
Zona de descrição física
Descrição física
10.43 m of textual records
Zona dos editores das publicações
Título da editora
Títulos paralelos das publicações do editor
Outra informação do título das publicações do editor
Declaração de responsabilidade em relação à série editora
Numeração das publicações do editor
Nota sobre as publicações do editor
Zona da descrição do arquivo
Nome do produtor
História biográfica
Henry Cecil was the principal pseudonym for Judge Henry Cecil Leon who was born in Norwood Green Rectory, near London, England in 1902. He was called to the Bar in 1923, and served with the British Army during the Second World War. Later, appointed a County Court Judge in 1949, he served in this capacity until 1967. He died in 1976. The law and circumstances which surround it have been the source for many of Cecil's numerous short stories, books, and plays, and radio adaptations of his work.
História custodial
Âmbito e conteúdo
The first accrual consists of manuscripts of Cecil's books as well as some correspondence.
The second accrual consisting of: manuscripts; student works; published work; audio recordings; dinner lectures and correspondence; lectures, books, short stories, serials, articles, plays, and their correspondence; celebrity correspondence; book publication correspondence; fan mail correspondence; personal correspondence.
The third accrual contains: novels, plays, scripts (manuscripts and typescripts); articles, short stories, book reviews, extracts from novels (manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, tear-sheets, offprints, and news clippings); speeches, untitled and fragmentary writings and news clippings.
Zona das notas
Condição física
Fonte imediata de aquisição
The first two accruals were purchased from his widow, Barbara Leon, through Bertram Rota Ltd., the first in 1977 and the second in 1985. The third accrual was possibly acquired in 1989 through Bertran Rota Ltd.
Organização
The first accrual consists of manuscripts of Cecil's books as well as some correspondence.
The second accrual is arranged into ten series consisting of: manuscripts; student works; published work; audio recordings; dinner lectures and correspondence; lectures, books, short stories, serials, articles, plays, and their correspondence; celebrity correspondence; book publication correspondence; fan mail correspondence; personal.
The third accrual is arranged into the following series: novels, plays, scripts (manuscripts and typescripts); articles, short stories, book reviews, extracts from novels (manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, tear-sheets, offprints, and news clippings); speeches, untitled and fragmentary writings and news clippings. The fonds is supplemented by books which have been catalogued for Research Collections.
Idioma do material
Sistema de escrita do material
Localização de originais
Disponibilidade de outros formatos
Restrições de acesso
There are no access restrictions.
Termos de uso que regem, reprodução e publicação
Instrumentos de descrição
Materiais associados
The fonds is supplemented by books which have been catalogued for Research Collections.
Incorporações
Further accruals are not expected.
