Monckton, Edward Henry Cradock (1812-1878)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0120 MSS.3596-3613 |
Held at | : Wellcome Library Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ › |
Full title | : Monckton, Edward Henry Cradock (1812-1878) |
Date(s) | : 1842-1856 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 28 volumes |
Name of creator(s) | : Monckton | Edward Henry Cradock | 1812-1878 | colonial administrator |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Edward Henry Cradock Monckton was born in 1812. He worked for the East India Company in Bengal before retiring to Fineshade Abbey in Northamptonshire. He died in 1878.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Collections of chemical and alchemical recipes, chiefly translated from Hindi; also one book of notes on farming (MS.3613).
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English.
System of arrangement:
The material is held in chronological order of composition, so far as can be established.
Conditions governing access:
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Finding aids:
Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973). Detailed catalogue available at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased 1920 (accession numbers 40324-40342).
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
description compiled by Christopher Hilton based upon those in the Library's published finding aid by S.A.J. Moorat.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with 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:
December 2000.
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