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1. Add MS 70839-70854

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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Correspondence chiefly relating to the history of the British Museum, collected by Mrs. Barbara S. McCrimmmon; 1638-1956, n.d. English, French, German and Italian. Included are some portraits and photographs, etc. Where possible, arrangements of the material at a detailed level made by Mrs. McCrimmon have been maintained, and lists made by Mrs. McCrimmon are mounted in some of the volumes. Presented by the American Trust for the British Library, 17 Sept. 1991. Paper. ...
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British Museum: Barbara Smith McCrimmon, bibliographer: Correspondence rel. to the British Museum, collected by Barbara Smith McCrimmon: 1638-1956, n.d: Partly French, Germ., Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1638-1956
Extent:
16 items

2. Add MS 70840

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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. II (ff. iv+107). Letters, etc., of Lords Chancellors and Speakers of the House of Commons; 1669?-1929, n.d. English and French. Includes correspondence for some Chancellors and Speakers from the period before the British Museum was founded. Arranged chronologically. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1668-1929
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 70841

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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. III (i+128). Letters, etc., of Trustees, and general autographs; 1713-1909, n.d. English and French. 1. ff. 1-90. Trustees; 1814-1909, n.d. Arranged alphabetically. 2. ff. 91-128. Autographs of collectors, scholars, etc.; 1712-1904. English and French. includes: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1712-1909
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 70842

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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. IV (ff. 156). 1. ff. 1-6. Letters, etc., of Joseph Planta, Keeper of Manuscripts 1776-1799, Principal Librarian 1799-1827; 1783-1815, n.d. 2. f. 7. Letter of Joseph Planta, diplomat, son of Joseph Planta, Principal Librarian; 1838. 3. ff. 11-156. Correspondence, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1776-1868
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 70848

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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. X (ff. 122). Correspondence of Directors and Principal Librarians; 1849-1939, n.d. English and Latin. Contents: 1. ff. 1-88. John Winter Jones, Keeper of Printed Books 1856-1866, Principal Librarian 1866-1878; 1849-1878, n.d. A few of the letters are addressed to J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1849-1939
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 70854

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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. XVI (ff. 207). Miscellaneous letters and papers conc. the British Museum; 1811-1908, n.d. English and French. Contents: 1. ff. 1-15. Miscellaneous official letters, including ticket applications; 1845-1887. 2. ff. 16-39. Miscellaneous letters referring to the British...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1811-1908
Extent:
1 item