561 Subfield $a - History:

Subfield $a contains the history note.

Examples:

561 ##$aFrom the collection of L. McGarry, 1948-1957.

561 ##$aOriginally collected by Paul Jones and maintained by his nephew, John Smith after Jones' death. Purchased in 1878 by Henry Green, who added prints and drawings purchased at auctions in New York and Paris, 1878-1893.

561 ##$aOn permanent loan from the collection of Paul Mellon.

561 ##$aThe journal was discovered in a cellar in Nantes in 1837 and was removed to the Abbey of St. Pierre, where it remained until 1887, when it was given to Gehan Tourel, apparently in gratitude for his provision of legal services to the abbey. The journal was brought to the United States by Tourel in 1902, and his heirs sold it to William Maxwell in 1952. Maxwell donated the journal in 1964 to the Humanities Research Library.

561 ##$aCollated: 1845-1847.

561 ##$aA. Brolemann (with his bookplate), Mme. Etienne Mallet (see item 2 in the Society catalog of the Mallet sale, May 4-5, 1926), William Permain, W.R. Hearst.