Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Collection of Mountaineering Bibliographies
- Dates:
- 1914-1963
- Creators:
- Viney, Colonel Oscar Vaughn and Major Elliot Miriam.
- Abstract:
- Bibliography in four volumes with holograph and typed listings of some 290 titles on mountaineering, from 1633-1963 in English, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish, and Latin. It was compiled by two decorated English peers, Colonel Oscar Vaughn Viney and his son Major Elliott Merriam Viney.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English. and Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Collection of Mountaineering Bibliographies (Collection 1571). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of four volumes with holograph and typed listings of some 290 titles on mountaineering, from 1633-1937, with additions to 1963, in English, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish, and Latin. The fourth volume is a supplementary authorial index. The enumerative list is a catalogue of the mountaineering library that belonged to Colonel Oscar Vaughan Viney and his son Major Elliott Merriam Viney at Walton Cottage & Bierton House & Green End House.
- Biographical / historical:
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Colonel Oscar Vaughan Viney (1886-1976) lived at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.). He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.). He also held the position of High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1950. In the latter half of his career, Viney was the chairman of the Hazel-Sun Group, formed from the family firm of Hazell Watson & Viney of Aylesbury. In 1962 the firm obtained the contract to produce the first-ever weekly color magazine for a British newspaper, The Sunday Times Colour Magazine.
Elliott Merriam Viney (1913-2002) was the son of Colonel Oscar Vaughan Viney. He served in the British Army in World War II. He was invested as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) and as a Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.). In addition to holding the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.), he was decorated with the award of Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O) and with the award of Territorial Decoration (T.D.). Major E.M. Viney also held the title of High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1964; he published a book on the history of the position, The Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire, in that same year.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Jesse Erickson in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, July 2011.
- Arrangement:
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Three of the four volumes are divided alphabetically. The fourth volume is an authorial index which is was provided as a supplement to the entries found in the other three.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2012
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word processed finding aid, encoding added Notetab Pro, and Oxygen. Date of source: July 2011 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Collection of Mountaineering Bibliographies (Collection 1571). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988