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Senate House Library, University of London

Madrid: Hospicio de San Fernando


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS345

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Madrid: Hospicio de San Fernando

Date(s): 1734-1748

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 3 items, 65 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

A short history of the poor house Hospicio de San Fernando in Madrid and an account of its present (1747) constitution and administration; copies of documents (1734-1738) relating to the administration of the poor house unders its previous Governor, Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo; a letter of 24 October 1748 to Cardinal Infante, Luis Antonio, asking for financial help to meet increased food prices.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Spanish

System of arrangement:

See hard-copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Open for research. 24 hours notice should be given before a research visit.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

A hard-copy catalogue is also available in the Special Collections reading room.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

In 1928 Edward Phelips bequeathed the collection to the Corporation of London in memory of his sister, Clare Louisa Eliot; in 1950 the Guildhall Library placed it on permanent deposit in the University Library.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Guildhall Library.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Imported from the Senate House catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Spanish history | European history | National history
Workhouses | Buildings | Architecture

Personal names
Phelips | Edward Frederick | 1883-1928 | book collector

Corporate names

Places
Madrid | Spain | Western Europe | Europe