Nineteenth century estate records from the Earl of Aberdeen's Cromar estate. The collection comprises factory accounts, 1845 - 1870; cash books containing crop accounts, 1829 - 1843 and 1929 - 1862; rental ledgers, 1830 - 1855; crop accounts ledgers, with indexed entries for each tenant and records of payments in money or kind, 1836 - 1869; records relating to Government drainage scheme, arranged by farm name, 1849 - 1850.
Papers of Gordon family, Earls of Aberdeen, relating to Cromar estate, Aberdeenshire
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- ReferenceGB 231 MS 3198
- Dates of Creation1829 - 1869
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description11 volumes No physical characteristics affecting use of collection
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Cromar Estate, Aberdeenshire, once the property of the Earl of Aberdeen, is now administered by the MacRobert Trusts.
Arrangement
Arranged by record type and chronologically therein
Access Information
Open, subject to signature accepting conditions of use at reader registration sheet
Acquisition Information
Deposited in the University in 1984, by the administrator of the MacRobert Trusts
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Very brief collection level description available on Aberdeen University Library Catalogue, accessible online http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/library/
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Conditions Governing Use
Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation.
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of Special Libraries and Archives (e-mail: speclib@abdn.ac.uk) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
Appraisal Information
This material has been appraised in line with normal procedures
Custodial History
The records were found by the MacRobert Trustees in their offices at Balmuir, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, in 1984
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