| Abstract: Commonplace book of H.W. Acland and visitors' book of S.A. Acland. |
Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Bart. (1815-1900) was Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford 1858-94. For further details see Dictionary of National Biography. His daughter, Sarah Angelina ('Angie') was a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and the Royal Society of Arts.
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. e. 3398, fols. 1-2].
For a description of the main collection of Acland papers, see M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975 (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 37300-510. There is also an on-line catalogue of Acland photograph albums.
| Commonplace book, belonging to Henry Acland, containing
diary entries, miscellaneous notes and notes for lectures on clinical medicine,
1852-7 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3398 Extent: 47 leaves, 25-41 blank Binding: Grey paper wrappers, spine and lower cover missing, many pages loose |
| Visitors' book belonging to Sarah Angelina Acland,
1872-86 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3399 Extent: 188 leaves, 36-188 blank Binding: Blind-ruled dark red calf, marbled endpapers, spine torn off and missing Custodial History: Printed label on front pastedown, completed in manuscript, 'This Book belonged to S.A. Acland. It is given in her memory to Robin by her Brother H.D. Acland 1931'. |