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Additional papers of Henry Wentworth Acland and his daughter Sarah Angelina Acland

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Comprises a ommonplace book of H.W. Acland containing diary entries and medical notes and a visitors' book of S.A. Acland.

Dates

  • Creation: 1852-1886

Extent

0.11 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. e. 3398, fols. 1-2].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Eng. e. 3398-3399

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 12680

Abstract

Commonplace book of H.W. Acland and visitors' book of S.A. Acland.

Biographical / Historical

Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Bart.(1815-1900) was Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford 1858-94. For further details see Dictionary of National Biography. His daughter, Sarah Angelina ('Angie') was a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and the Royal Society of Arts.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought Mallam's (Oxford), 4 Oct 2002, lot 346.

Related Materials

For a description of the main collection of Acland papers, see M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975 (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 37300-510.

Photograph albums of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland and Sarah Angelina Acland, 1840s-1890s, are MSS. Photogr. b. 34-7, c. 175-8.

Title
Catalogue of additional papers of Henry Acland and his daughter, Sarah Angelina Acland, 1852-86
Status
Published
Author
Finding aid prepared by C. Parker
Date
2002
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
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