Book Collection G - Gilchrist (Douglas) Collection

Identity area

Reference code

G

Title

Gilchrist (Douglas) Collection

Date(s)

  • 1717 - 1981 (Creation)

Level of description

Book Collection

Extent and medium

682 books

Context area

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Acquisition history of this collection is unknown.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This collection of early works on agriculture is rich in eighteenth and nineteenth-century reports on farming in many parts of Great Britain. The collection had as its nucleus the historical library of the late Professor D.A. Gilchrist (d. 1927), who held the Chair of Agriculture in Armstrong College from 1902 to 1927.

A collection highlight is William Billington's A series of facts, hints, observations, and experiments on the different modes of raising young plantations of oaks (1825) which demonstrates the common preoccupation of many early nineteenth-century estate owners with growing trees which would be suitable for use in shipbuilding.

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Accruals

No further material is expected to be added to the collection

System of arrangement

Dewey Decimal

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

UK copyright law applies

Language of material

  • English

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Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Rare Books / Publications

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Description control area

Description identifier

gb186-G

Institution identifier

gb186

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Status

Draft

Level of detail

Full

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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