Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Early Modern Indentures collection 1581-1908
- Abstract:
- A collection of 40 early modern indentures from the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
- Extent:
- 40.00 items
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item] Early Modern Indentures collection, 1581-1908, M000023, Sutro Library, California State Library, San Francisco, Calif.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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The Sutro Library's collection of 40 early modern indentures are from primarily what is now the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The earliest indenture dates to 1581 and the most recent is 1908. The documents vary in size, length, and medium. Some are handwritten, others are printed, and some are a combination of both. The documents cover legal transactions that are focused on property and are primarily in English. Many contain wax and embossed seals.
The artificial collection brings together these documents that came to the Sutro Library over the course of the Library's existence.
- Processing information:
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The items in this collection were dispersed throughout the map drawers at Sutro Library and were brought together to create an artificial collection. Several students created the inventory for this collection over the years of 2019-2020 and created typed transcriptions for 12 of the items.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is organized first by size of document, then location (with the United States first, followed by Ireland when present, then Great Britian), and finally by date in ascending order. Item 40 is in Latin and the date and location are not known.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 2023-07-01
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was encoding in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on July 7th, 2023 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research. Please page materials three business days in advance of your visit by email: sutro@library.ca.gov .
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with the repository. Any applicable literary rights would reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please email: sutro@library.ca.gov .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item] Early Modern Indentures collection, 1581-1908, M000023, Sutro Library, California State Library, San Francisco, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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SFSU - J. Paul Leonard Library1630 Holloway Ave, Room 610San Francisco, CA 94132-4030, US
- Contact:
- (415) 469-6100