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SELDEN SOCIETY: MINUTES AND PAPERS
Catalogue reference: Add.MS7937
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This record is about the SELDEN SOCIETY: MINUTES AND PAPERS dating from 1887-1996.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Add.MS7937
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Title (The name of the record)
- SELDEN SOCIETY: MINUTES AND PAPERS
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1887-1996
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Selden Society, 1886</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 13 boxes, 10 series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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The Society's older papers (mostly 1887-1951) were deposited on permanent loan in Cambridge University Library in 1973 and 1989. A further deposit was made through Professor J.H. Baker in 1998.
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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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The Society was formed in 1886 by Members of the Bar and other interested persons "to encourage the study and advance the knowledge of the history of English law". Its main function was to publish scholarly editions of legal texts of historical interest. For its publications, see the Centenary Guide to the Publications of the Selden Society, London 1987.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/48e70b26-f822-4916-a657-410e5f1b5dc7/
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SELDEN SOCIETY: MINUTES AND PAPERS