Overview
Papers created during research on Thomas Hollis V by Houghton Librarian William Henry Bond.
Dates
- Creation: 1982-1996
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
3 linear feet (6 boxes)Papers include a variety of working papers Bond created during his study of Thomas Hollis V. Includes: autograph manuscript card files and notebook lists of Hollis-donated books to the Harvard College Library, that Bond evaluated; and his typescript transcript computer printouts of the diary of Thomas Hollis V, 1759-1770.
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Hollis V (1720-1774), widely known as Thomas Hollis of Lincoln's Inn, was an English political philosopher and author. He continued his great-uncle Thomas Hollis' practice, as a great benefactor to American colleges, especially Harvard College, sending donations and numerous books.
William Henry Bond was a scholar-bibliographer who served as the Librarian of the Houghton Library from 1964-1982. In 1982-1983 the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation granted him a fellowship in support of his study of Harvard’s great library benefactor, Thomas Hollis. His book, Thomas Hollis of Lincoln’s Inn, was published in 1990. Bond left at his death in 2005 the completed manuscript of a “Checklist of Thomas Hollis’s [3,000] Gifts to the Harvard College Library.”
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series:
- I. Hollis books examined by William Henry Bond
- II. Transcripts of the Thomas Hollis V diary
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
90M-79 and 95M-34. Gift of W. H. Bond; received: 1991-1996 January 26.
99M-71. Gift of W. H. Bond; received: 2000 February 1
General note
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. See access restrictions below for additional information.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
Creator
- Title
- Bond, W. H. (William Henry), 1915-2005. W. H. Bond working papers for Thomas Hollis, circa 1982-1996: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02510
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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