Identity area
Reference code
ALL/1
Title
Amateur Scraps
Date(s)
- 1885-1888 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
26 volumes, Manuscript
Context area
Name of creator
(1867-1936)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Editions of the unpublished monthly journal of the Amateur Library Society. The Society was established by sisters Nellie and Lilian Robinson who lived in Warkworth Road, Cambridge. The Society usually had about a dozen members, men and women, some of whom were undergraduates at the University. Herbert Allingham was a member and regularly contributed to the magazine. The journals include lists of members, Society rules, literature and sketches. Incomplete series.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Items numbered in chronological order.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Status: Open. Access is subject to signing the Regulations for Access form, unless the records are restricted under the Data Protection Act 2018 or under exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000