Stud Book of Hounds

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Stud Book of Hounds, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William & Mary

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Foot
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Stud Book of Hounds, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William & Mary

Background

Scope and content:

Bound volume containing the records of a dog-breeding kennel from 1838 to 1855. Each entry lists a breeding pair of hunting dogs in a particular season or year, along with their offspring and the names of clients to whom they were distributed. Clients are listed along with their town of residence, which center around an area of England north of London, possibly Essex or Hertfordshire.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Dogs--Breeding--England