Shearman (Warren C.) collection of English and American documents, bulk ca. 1350-1875 (bulk 1558-1822)

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Title:
Warren C. Shearman collection of English and American documents
Dates:
bulk ca. 1350-1875 (bulk 1558-1822)
Creators:
Shearman, Warren C.
Abstract:
This collection contains a variety of legal documents, including powers of attorney, indentures, writs, affidavits, correspondence, bonds, last wills and testaments, wills intestate, marriage settlements, land sales, etc., dating from ca. 1350-1875, with the bulk of materials originating from the seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries in England and America.
Extent:
1 document box (.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box 1 map folder
Language:
Finding aid is written in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Warren C. Shearman collection of English and American documents (Collection 826). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a variety of legal documents, including powers of attorney, indentures, writs, affidavits, correspondence, bonds, last wills and testaments, wills intestate, marriage settlements, land sales, etc., from both England and America. Particular highlights of this collection include a late fourteenth-century British document written on parchment in an anglicana scribal hand, several documents relating to the family of Sir Peter Temple, several documents relating to the Hall family and their estate in Normanton in Nottinghamshire, a letter from George II of Great Britain to William Henry, Earl of Rochford, regarding the Essex militia, several Elizabethan-era writs, a copy of part of the will of Dr. Benjamin Chandler, and several land transfers and purchases in the Boston area dating from the early colonial era. While the American documents include items from many of the original colonies and states, the British documents, though somewhat geographically diverse, include items from very similar locales, in particularly, Langar, Barnston, and Normanton-on-the-Wolds in Nottinghamshire, and Thoydon Mount, Essex.

Biographical / historical:

Warren C. Shearman was a collector of rare books, maps, and manuscripts. The Collection of English and American Documents was his collection of assorted manuscripts. It contains diverse and eclectic items in terms of time period, provenance, and type of legal document, dating from ca. 1350-1875, with the bulk of materials originating from the seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries in England and America.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Warren C. Shearman, 1963.
Processing information:

Processed by Sara Torres in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, 2008.

Arrangement:

The documents are organized into series based on provenance, depending on whether they are American or English. The American documents are then organized based on geographical provenance, while the British documents are organized based on relevance to a particular family, type of document, or chronology.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Sara Torres in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, 2008; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 2009
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro; Date of source: 2008; frontmatter gathered MARC Record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. 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:

[Identification of item], Warren C. Shearman collection of English and American documents (Collection 826). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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