Collection Level Description: Collections by K.V. Elphinstone for a History of the Elphinstone Family
Reference: MSS. Don. c. 173-5
Title: Collections by K.V. Elphinstone for a History of the Elphinstone Family
Dates of Creation: 1925-9
Extent: 3 shelfmarks
Name of Creator: K.V. Elphinstone
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
Kenneth Vaughan Elphinstone (1878-1963) was a colonial civil servant.
Scope and Content
Collections by K.V. Elphinstone for a history of the Elphinstone
family comprising:
- K.V. Elphinstone
The Elphinstones of Blytheswood and Lopness (privately
printed, [1925])
- carbon typescript copies, 1925, of documents mainly relating to
Nicholas W. Elphinstone's claim in 1905 to the baronetcy of Sir William
Elphinstone (d. 1645)
- carbon typescript copies, 1828-9, of family documents of
1623-1742 and of wills, 1680-1802.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to the Library with Ms. Don. c. 155, fols. 30-45, throught the
Friends of the Bodleian in 1976.
Access Conditions
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a
valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).
Further Information
Finding Aids
A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.
Publication Note
See scope and content.
Access Points
Elphinstone | Kenneth
Vaughan | 1878-1963 | colonial civil servant
Elphinstone | family
Enquiries
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09 June 2011