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GD17 Royal Edinburgh Asylum Medical Library

Printed Journals and Books

Reference Code: GB239 GD17
Title: Royal Edinburgh Asylum Medical Library: Printed journals and books
Dates of Creation of Material: 1823-1946
Level of Description: Sub-fonds
Extent and Medium of the Unit of Description: 42 shelf metres: bound volumes
Name of creator(s): Royal Edinburgh Asylum Medical Library
Scope and Content: Printed journals 1823-1946; printed books relating to the study of psychiatry
Conditions Governing Access: None
Language/Scripts of Material: English
Finding Aids: Manual item-level descriptive list available for journals; an item-level card catalogue of books of the former Psychiatry Library, of which the Medical Library was once part, is also available
Archivists' Notes: Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists
Rules or Conventions: Description based on ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description International Council on Archives (2nd edition), 2000
Date(s) of Description: August 2002