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Papers of James Thomas Knowles. Architect and Editor, 1850-1908, with additional...
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- 716
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Title (The name of the record)
- Papers of James Thomas Knowles. Architect and Editor, 1850-1908, with additional papers, 1909-1920
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1850 - 1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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This collection consists of personal papers and papers relating to the editorial career of James T. Knowles (1831-1908)
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The collection was originally in five files labelled A-F.
Contents of file A are now 716/1-31
Contents of file B are now 716/33-38
Contents of file C are now 716/32, 39-89, 132-134, 137
Contents of file D are now 716/112-119
Contents of file E are now 716/90-111, 131
Contents of file F are now 716/121-130, 135, 136
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- City of Westminster Archives Centre
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Knowles, James Thomas, 1831-1908, architect and editor</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 137 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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(Deposited by Mr. C. Skilbeck, November 1973)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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James Knowles was editor of The Contemporary Review, 1870-76, and founded and edited The Nineteenth Century, later The Nineteenth Century and After from 1877 until his death in February 1908. He received the rank of Knight Commander of the Royal Victoria Order in 1903.
This list was compiled with the help of Priscilla Metcalf's biography James Knowles, Victorian Editor and Architect (Clarendon Press, 1980).
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/1f1350d2-90e7-4ede-983a-c1976f38cef0/
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Papers of James Thomas Knowles. Architect and Editor, 1850-1908, with additional papers, 1909-1920