Notebooks of Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford.
Dates
- Creation: 2nd half of 19th century.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
23 Volumes
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Other Finding Aids
The description is partly based on the "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Advocates’ Library. XII. Miscellaneous manuscripts” (F.R.195).
Custodial History
The manuscripts were presented to the Faculty of Advocates in 1905 by Lord Gifford’s son, Mr H J Gifford, Rugby.
Of these manuscripts the following volumes, namely numbers I, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XI, XVI, XIX and XXX were delivered on 28 February 1906 to Miss Alice Raleigh, Oxford, in terms of resolution of the curators of 21 February 1906.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
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