Nicholas Cleary Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: GTM-0020

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Scope and Contents

Imperial Map of the City of Edo, Japan, circa 1850. Includes the wooden box that originally contained the 1860 gift of alumnus Nicholas Cleary, with his inscription detailing the gift of this map and a book of costumes, no longer present.

This collection has been digitized and is available to view online in DigitalGeorgetown.

Dates

Creation: 1860

Conditions Governing Access

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.

Extent

0.14 Cubic Feet (1 flat box.)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Custodial History

The Nicholas Cleary Collection was originally given to Georgetown University in 1860, according to the inscription by Cleary on the wood document box. A red-bordered label applied to the box after 1900 by archivist Francis Barnum, SJ indicates that "Other Oriental Papers have been added". Other documents with non-European scripts and printing continued to be added occassionally to the collection, until the current processing project, which has separated all items according to provenance from what is described as the original Cleary gift.