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WONDERFUL TO BEHOLD
A CENTENARY HISTORY OF THE LINCOLN RECORD SOCIETY, 1910-2010 |
| By: |
Nicholas Bennett |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£30.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0901503886 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780901503886 |
| Publisher: |
BOYDELL & BREWER LTD |
| Pub. date: |
21 October, 2010 |
| Series: |
Publications of the Lincoln Record Society v. 100 |
| Pages: |
284 |
| Description: |
The growth and development of the Lincoln Record Society in its first hundred years highlights the contribution of such organisations to historical life. |
| Synopsis: |
In 2010 the Lincoln Record Society celebrates its centenary with the publication of the hundredth volume in its distinguished series. Local record societies, financed almost entirely from the subscriptions of their members, have made an important contribution to the study of English history by making accessible in printed form some of the key archival materials relating to their areas. The story of the Lincoln society illustrates the struggles and triumphs of such an enterprise. Founded by Charles Wilmer Foster, a local clergyman of remarkable enthusiasm, the LRS set new standards of meticulous scholarship in the editing of its volumes. Its growing reputation is traced here through a rich archive of correspondence with eminent historians, among them Alexander Hamilton Thompson and Frank Stenton. The difficulties with which Kathleen Major, Canon Foster's successor, contended to keep the Society alive during the dark days of the Second World War are vividly described. The range of volumes published has continued to expand, from the staple cartularies and episcopal registers to more unusual sources, Quaker minutes, records of Courts of Sewers and seventeenth-century port books. While many of the best-known publications have dealt with the medieval period, notably the magnificent Registrum Antiquissimum of Lincoln Cathedral, there have also been editions of eighteenth-century correspondence, twentieth-century diaries, and pioneering railway photographs of the late Victorian era. This story shows the Lincoln Record Society to be in good heart and ready to begin its second century with confidence. Nicholas Bennett is currently Vice-Chancellor and Librarian of Lincoln Cathedral. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Lincoln Record Society |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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