| ID | 17281 |
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| Collection | Bantry Estate Collection |
| Collection Description | BL/EP/B are the estate and family papers generated by the White/Leigh-White/Shelswell-White family of Bantry House, Bantry, Co. Cork. On the 20th May 1997 the owner of the Bantry Estate, Egerton Shelswell-White, formally donated the Archive to UCC. The archive contains the formal records regarding the legal, financial and general administration of this large house and estate over a period of 300 years, and also the more personal records relating to the lives and personalities of the family who owned the estate. However not all of the original records have survived. Due to a fire in the Estate Office in early 1900s a significant part of the original collection was lost. Principally, there are no rental ledgers for the 19th century. However there are Rental Sheets for 1840, 1856/57, 1865-1866 and 1881 which provide information for certain areas of the Estate. Similarly very few records survive for the design and development of the magnificent gardens at Bantry House. These were presumably destroyed prior to the transfer of the archive. [UCC Special Collections and Archives] |
| Collection Web Address | https://libguides.ucc.ie/BantryEstateCollection/home |
| Alternate Collection Web Address | https://libguides.ucc.ie/ld.php?content_id=31762597 |
| Reference | BL/EP/B |
| Description | 214 boxes and outsized material. The Bantry Estate Collection falls naturally into two main parts. Firstly formal records regarding the legal, financial and general administration of this large Irish country house and estate. Secondly, less formal records containing personal and social information about the personalities and lives of the family who ran the estate and who shaped its orientation and character. The Collection is divided into nine sections, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I, each containing records of similar origin and content: A. Estate Ownership B. Estate Administration C. Family and Personal Papers D. Records of Associated Individuals E. Official Papers F. Family History G. Maps and Plans H. Printed and Pictorial Material I. Miscellaneous |
| Access | By prior appointment |
| Date | 1671-c.1980 |
| Century | 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th |
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| Note | UCC Special Collections and Archives provide a Bantry Estate Collection Descriptive List.
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| Repository Name | UCC Special Collections & Archives |
| Address | Special Collections & Archives Q-1 Boole Library University College Cork Cork City |
| Eircode | T12 ND89 |
| Telephone | 021-490-2282 |
| Email Address | specialcollectionsarchives@ucc.ie |
| Repository Web Address | https://libguides.ucc.ie/specialcollections |
| latitude | 51.89288 |
| longitude | -8.49137 |