Sir Louis Saul Sterling papers
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- Sterling, Sir Louis Saul (1879–1958) gramophone company manager and industrialist
TitleSir Louis Saul Sterling papers
Reference codeLS
Date1903-1974
Scope and ContentPapers of Sir Louis Saul Sterling (1879-1958), including: lists and catalogues of books, manuscripts and other material held in the Sterling Library, perhaps compiled by Sir Louis Sterling or by members of the University of London Library prior to the transfer of the Library to Senate House, c1950; ephemera and photographs relating to the opening of the Sterling Library at Senate House Library, University of London by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, 1956; material concerning the life and work of Sir Louis Sterling, including an early scrapbook concerning Sterling's works in the gramophone industry, bound and boxed scrapbooks of letters and ephemera celebrating Sterling's 50th birthday and the award of his knighthood, certificates and other ephemera, 1903-1981; material relating to the functions and running of the Sterling Club which aimed to organise theatrical performances and other social events in order to raise money for charity; and to 'further the interests of Anglo-American friendship', 1938; photographs concerning the life and work of Sir Louis Sterling, including photographs of Sterling and Lady Sterling, personal holidays and meetings with friends and family, social engagements and from the official opening of the Sterling Library at Senate House Library, University of London, 1904-1956; Letters, mostly to Sir Louis Sterling, concerning Sterling's library and its contents, the purchase of books or manuscripts for the library, arrangements to visit the library and personal matters, including letters from H E Bates, Hector Bolthio, Sir Compton MacKenzie, Louis Golding, Emil Ludwig, various booksellers and others, 1923-1974.
Conditions governing accessOpen for research. Access to individual items in individual files may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. See Archivist for details. At least 24 hours notice is necessary for research visits.
Extent11 Boxes and 4 Volumes
System of ArrangementMaterial is arranged into the following series:
LS/1 Sterling Library Catalogues and Lists
LS/2 Administration of Book Purchases
LS/3 Opening of the Sterling Library
LS/4 Sir Louis Sterling: Biographical Material
LS/5 The Sterling Club
LS/6 Photographs
LS/7 Correspondence concerning the Sterling Library
Finding aidsCatalogued online (click on the "contains" icon below). A pdf copy of the hard-copy catalogue is also attached to this description.
Related files
Senate House Library also holds the Sterling Library Manuscripts (refs: SLV and SLIV) collected by Louis Sterling during his lifetime, which form part of the Sterling Library collection. The EMI Music Archives also hold papers concerning Sir Louis Sterling (c1931-1958).
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