University of Texas at Austin

George Atherton Aitken:

An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center

Creator: Aitken, George Atherton, 1860-1917
Title: George Atherton Aitken Collection
Dates: 1649-1930, undated
Extent: 19 document boxes (7.56 linear feet), 1 galley file (gf), 1 oversize box (osb), 2 oversize folders (osf)
Abstract: George A. Aitken was a British writer and editor known for his biographies of Enlightenment figures, as well as his editorial work on various eighteenth-century texts.
Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-0046
Language: English
Access: Open for research. Part or all of this collection is housed off-site and may require up to three business days' notice for access in the Ransom Center's Reading and Viewing Room. Please contact the Center before requesting this material: reference@hrc.utexas.edu.


Administrative Information


Acquisition: Unspecified early acquisition
Processed by: Betsy Nitsch and Jack Boettcher, 2012 Note: This finding aid replicates some information previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.
Repository:

Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin

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