GB 0120 MSS.7573-7575 - Scheuer, Victor (fl.1874-1908), Belgian physician: Autograph Collection and Personal Papers

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Reference code

GB 0120 MSS.7573-7575

Title

Scheuer, Victor (fl.1874-1908), Belgian physician: Autograph Collection and Personal Papers

Date(s)

  • 1894-1908 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

88 items

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Victor Scheuer was a Belgian physician based at Spa, where he attended the Princes d'Orléans and other European nobility. He was a collector of autographs and his professional correspondence, involving contact with various notables, contributed to his collection.

Archival history

GB 0120 MSS.7573-7575 1894-1908 Collection (fonds) 88 items Scheuer , Victor , fl 1874-1908 , Belgian physician

Victor Scheuer was a Belgian physician based at Spa, where he attended the Princes d'Orléans and other European nobility. He was a collector of autographs and his professional correspondence, involving contact with various notables, contributed to his collection.

The majority of the collection purchased from Charavay, Paris, April 1931: in general, these accession numbers are not carried on the items themselves. The remainder of the collection purchased from: Seine stalls, Paris, July 1930 ; Charavay, Paris, September 1930, September 1934, November 1934, January 1936 and at an unknown date before 1937.

Papers of Victor Scheuer including signed letters, mainly autograph, many with descriptive notes attached (nos. 2-4 originally grouped together), most concern various persons' health; autographs of various nobles or notables in the form of letters to Victor Scheuer and correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1894-1908.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

English

Described in Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The majority of the collection purchased from Charavay, Paris, April 1931: in general, these accession numbers are not carried on the items themselves. The remainder of the collection purchased from: Seine stalls, Paris, July 1930 ; Charavay, Paris, September 1930, September 1934, November 1934, January 1936 and at an unknown date before 1937.

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Scope and content

Papers of Victor Scheuer including signed letters, mainly autograph, many with descriptive notes attached (nos. 2-4 originally grouped together), most concern various persons' health; autographs of various nobles or notables in the form of letters to Victor Scheuer and correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1894-1908.

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Accruals

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As outlined in Scope and Content.

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Conditions governing access

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

Described in Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.

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Wellcome Library

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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