Papers and diaries of Henry Robert Oswald (1790-1862), surgeon and physician in Edinburgh and Douglas, Isle of Man; and of his son Henry Robert Oswald, junior (1827-1892), an assistant surgeon in the service of the East India Company, who rose to the position of Surgeon-General of Burma, 1876-1879, and briefly of India, 1879, and who retired to Edinburgh with his family in 1881.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9001-9042
Dates
- Creation: 19th century.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
42 Volumes
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
The papers are arranged as follows: MSS.9001-9003. Papers of Henry Robert Oswald. MSS.9004-9040. Diaries of Henry Robert Oswald, junior. MSS.9041-9072. Miscellaneous papers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1959, by Mrs E M Dykes and Lieutenent-Colonel F Oswald, Edinburgh.
Separated Materials
For a few formal documents see Ch.8431-8434.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk