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William George Searle: Historical papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5983-5986, 6599-6602 and 6951-6954

Scope and Contents

Various notes on Cambridgeshire villages, manuscripts, Crowland Abbey and lives of various saints.

Dates

  • Creation: 1875-1900

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

10 volume(s) (10 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

MSS.Add.5983 and 5984 were formerly part of the library of W.G. Searle. MSS.Add.5983-5986 and 6599-6600 were presented to the Library by Miss Searle, 1916; MSS.Add.6601, 6602 and 6951-6954 were presented by W.G. Searle, 1912.

Related Materials

Cambridge University Library holds Searle's own copy of H.T. Riley's edition of Ingulph's chronicle of the Abbey of Croyland with the continuations, interleaved and extensively annotated, Adv.d.94.5-6 (see MSS.Add.6952-6954).

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

Contact:
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