Papers of W.C. Sillar and Frederick Hallard

Collection Level Description: Papers of W.C. Sillar and Frederick Hallard

Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. d. 628-35, e. 586-7
Title: Papers of W.C. Sillar and Frederick Hallard
Dates of Creation: 19th-20th cent.
Extent: 10 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

William Cameron Sillar was secretary of the Anti-usury Association and an Edinburgh banker. Frederick Hallard (1821-82).

Scope and Content

Papers of W.C. Sillar and Frederick Hallard, consisting of:

Seven volumes of typescript memoranda by W.C. Sillar, containing his reflections on fifty years in commerce and finance, late 19th-early 20th century
Journal of Frederick Hallard, 1845-55

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were given to the Library by Sillar and Hallard's grandson in 1966.

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

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. 45446-55.

Access Points

Bankers | Scotland | Edinburgh

Commerce

Finance

Diaries | 19th century

Hallard | Frederick | 1821-1882

Sillar | William Cameron | fl 1860-1940 | banker

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09 June 2011