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Add MS 70839-70854

Record Id:
032-001964680
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001964680
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000055.0x000207
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70839-70854
Title:

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. Sixteen volumes. British Library arrangement.

Scope & Content:

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
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Letters, etc., of Lords Chancellors and Speakers of the House of Commons; 1669?-1929, n.d.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964684", "parent" : "036-001964681", "text" : "Add MS 70841: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. III (i+128). Letters, etc., of Trustees, and general autographs; 1713-1909, n.d. English and French. 1. ff.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001964685", "parent" : "032-001964680", "text" : "Add MS 70842-70853: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vols. IV-XV. Correspondence, both official and private, of and concerning British Museum staff; 1771-1956.…" },{ "id" : "037-001964686", "parent" : "036-001964685", "text" : "Add MS 70842-70848: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vols. IV-X. Correspondence of Directors and Principal Librarians; 1783-1939. English, French, German and…" },{ "id" : "040-001964687", "parent" : "037-001964686", "text" : "Add MS 70842: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. IV (ff. 156). 1. ff. 1-6. Letters, etc., of Joseph Planta, Keeper of Manuscripts 1776-1799, Principal…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "038-001964688", "parent" : "037-001964686", "text" : "Add MS 70843-70844: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vols. V-VI. Albums compiled circa 1897-1910, probably by members of the Ellis family, containing letters…" },{ "id" : "040-001964689", "parent" : "038-001964688", "text" : "Add MS 70843: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. V (ff. 170+74*). Letters numbered 1594-1678, with additions 1782-1786; 1806-1877, n.d. Contemporary index.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964690", "parent" : "038-001964688", "text" : "Add MS 70844: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. VI (ff. x+169). Letters numbered 1680-1759; 1808-1871, n.d. Decorated title page, '1910 Autographs Volume…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964691", "parent" : "037-001964686", "text" : "Add MS 70845: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. VII (ff. viii+222). Album of letters from prominent people, addressed chiefly to Sir Antonio Panizzi,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964692", "parent" : "037-001964686", "text" : "Add MS 70846: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. VIII (ff. 128). Letters to Sir Antonio Panizzi; 1838-1873, n.d. English, French, German and Italian. Includes…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964693", "parent" : "037-001964686", "text" : "Add MS 70847: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. IX (ff. 140). Letters of and concerning Sir Antonio Pannizzi; circa 1820-1896. English and French. Lists of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964694", "parent" : "037-001964686", "text" : "Add MS 70848: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. X (ff. 122). Correspondence of Directors and Principal Librarians; 1849-1939, n.d. English and Latin.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964695", "parent" : "036-001964685", "text" : "Add MS 70849: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. XI (ff. 123). Correspondence of Secretaries of the British Museum and Keepers of Printed Books; 1789-1904,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964696", "parent" : "036-001964685", "text" : "Add MS 70850: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. XII (ff. 160). Correspondence relating to the Departments of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Oriental Printed…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964697", "parent" : "036-001964685", "text" : "Add MS 70851: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. XIII (ff. 91). Correspondence, etc., of members of the Natural History Departments, afterw. the British…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964698", "parent" : "036-001964685", "text" : "Add MS 70852: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. XIV (ff. 122). Correspondence of staff of the Antiquities Departments and the Department of Coins and Medals;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964699", "parent" : "036-001964685", "text" : "Add MS 70853: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. XV (ff. 154). Correspondence of Keepers, etc., of Prints and Drawings; 1814-1929, n.d. Contents: 1. ff.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964700", "parent" : "032-001964680", "text" : "Add MS 70854: MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. XVI (ff. 207). Miscellaneous letters and papers conc. the British Museum; 1811-1908, n.d. English and French.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-001964680
Is part of:
not applicable
Contains:
Add MS 70839-70841 : MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vols. I-III. Collected autographs, chiefly of Trustees of the British Museum, with some portraits…
Add MS 70842-70853 : MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vols. IV-XV. Correspondence, both official and private, of and concerning British Museum staff;…
Add MS 70854 : MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. XVI (ff. 207). Miscellaneous letters and papers conc. the British Museum; 1811-1908, n.d. English and…

 

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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
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Languages:
English
French
German
Italian
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1638
End Date:
1956
Date Range:
1638-1956
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

American Trust for the British Library: Presented in 1991.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
American Trust for the British Library
British Museum, 1753-
McCrimmon, Barbara Smith, bibliographer