The diaries contain occasional notes of Library business, including notes of books that were offered for sale, bought, presented, recommended for the Library, missing, or mutilated; autographs in books; requests for, and receipt of, loans; complaints; engagements; binding practice; visitors; copyright claims; and library rearrangement. The diaries were continued in other hands during the absence or illness of Jenkinson.
Francis John Henry Jenkinson: Cambridge University Library Diaries
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.8728-8761
- Dates of Creation
- 1890-1923
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 34 volume(s) 34 volumes
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Transferred from Rare Books Department
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