Buckland family papers
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0814 ZCAB |
Held at | : Zoological Society of London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.zsl.org/ › |
Full title | : Buckland family papers |
Date(s) | : 1824-1933 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 box |
Name of creator(s) | : Buckland | William | 1784-1856 | geologist and Dean of Westminster |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1984; educated: Blundell's School, Tiverton, 1797; Winchester College, 1798-1801; Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1801-1804; fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1808; ordained as a priest, 1808; reader in mineralogy, 1813; reader in geology, 1818; Royal Society's Copley medal, 1822; canonry of Christ Church, Oxford, 1825; dean of Westminster and rector of Islip, 1845; died 1856.
Publications: Geology and Mineralogy (1836)
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of the Buckland family, 1824-1933, including letters from William Buckland; letters to William Buckland from various correspondents, including A Sedgwick, G Stephenson, Mary Anning, WJ Broderip; invitation card from Sir Robert Peel to invite William Buckland to a dinner with the King of Saxony; press cuttings; photographs of William, Mary, and Frank Buckland; portrait of Elizabeth Buckland; invitation to an 'At Home' with Lady Peel; letter from CW Gordon about article in 'Sunday Companion', 1933; letters to Mary Ann Buckland from Bompas; letters to WB from Mary Morland (before her marriage to WB); letters to Frank Buckland, including G von Bunsen about the International Fishery Exhibition in Berlin, 1880.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
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Conditions governing reproduction:
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Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donation.
Allied Materials
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry transcribed by Sarah Drewery, April 2011.
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:
April 2011
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