Book collecting
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Augustus Theodore Bartholomew: Journals and papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8786
Scope and Contents
Comprises a series of diaries and private journals kept by Bartholomew between 1904 and 1925 giving a detailed record of his daily life, social engagements and friendships, aspects of his work at the University Library, progress of various literary projects, plays attended and important books that he read. The entries during the last dozen years covered by the journals show Bartholomew as increasingly preoccupied by real or imagined health problems, and subject to fits of depression and...
Dates:
1897-1933
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Edward Willson: Catalogue of books and manuscripts
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8368
Dates:
1857-1884
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Four volumes of Yarrell's British Birds in the fourth edition from the library of Thomas Parkin
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10245
Dates:
1834-1909
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Item
General catalogue of books at Norbury, Early nineteenth century
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10304/32
Scope and Contents
A list of books, docketed '/ Norbury / - Genl. Catalogue of Books'. An entry on the last bifolio reading 'Hisy Bucaniers America' suggests a terminal date after the publication of James Burney's History of the Buccaneers of America in 1816.
Dates:
Early nineteenth century
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).