Item 2023-12-01/4 - Methodist Hymn and Tune Book

Identity area

Reference code

CA BWGPL LHC-BUC-2023-12-01/4

Title

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book

Date(s)

  • between 1894 and 1905 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

One book, printed on paper, with pasteboard binding. 21.5cm long (from top to bottom of cover), 15.5cm wide (from spine to fore-edge), 3.5cm tall (from cover to cover when laid flat).

Context area

Name of creator

Name of creator

Biographical history

Archival history

Kept inside the Bradford United Church for unknown number of years until 2023.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated to the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library Archives by trustees of the Bradford United Church in late 2023.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Copy of the Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, with the title pressed into the cover and gilded, with a decorative border surrounding the title also pressed into the cover. Contains inscriptions written in many hands, in both pencil and ink, at both the front and back of the book. One of the inscriptions is dated May 17, 1905. Many of the autographs are difficult to make out and have not yet been identified.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

    Language and script notes

    Physical characteristics and technical requirements

    Fragile.

    Finding aids

    Allied materials area

    Existence and location of originals

    AR 7.4

    Existence and location of copies

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    Related descriptions

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    Alternative identifier(s)

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    Name access points

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    Description identifier

    Institution identifier

    Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD, ISAD

    Status

    Final

    Level of detail

    Partial

    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Updated March 4, 2024

    Language(s)

    • English

    Script(s)

      Sources

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