The collection consists of:
- Commonplace book, belonging to Henry Acland, containing diary entries, miscellaneous notes and notes for lectures on clinical medicine, 1852-7
- Visitors' book belonging to Sarah Angelina Acland, 1872-86
The collection consists of:
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.
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/specialcollections).
Bought Mallam's (Oxford), 4 Oct 2002, lot 346.
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
A catalogue of the collection is available online at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollectionswmss/online/online.htm.