Study title

Gustaf Alfred af Hällström: library and purchases of printed works 1845-1861

Dataset ID Number

FSD3208

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3208

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Hakapää, Jyrki

Abstract

This dataset comprises a list of printed works owned and purchased between 1845-1861 by Gustaf Alfred af Hällström (1827-1899), a landowner from Vihti and a member of the Diet of Finland. The data also include 44 photographs of the hand-written manuscripts which are archived in the National Library of Finland's archive for the noble families Gadolin and af Hällström.

The data specify each purchased and owned work along with information on the time of purchase, bibliographic information, price and quantity of volumes purchased, if the work had been purchased from an auction in Helsinki as well as if the work had disappeared from af Hällström's collection or if it had been donated to someone else.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

book readership; book use; class differentiation; cultural heritage; cultural history; historiography; history; libraries; literature; purchasing

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• History (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Original Archive

National Library of Finland

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Hakapää, Jyrki

Time Period Covered

1845 – 1861

Collection Dates

2016-08 – 2017-05

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Media unit: Text

Universe

Gustaf Alfred af Hällström's list of book purchases from 1845-1861

Time Method

Cross-section

Data Sources

Gadolin-Hällström family archive. Coll. 57.78. The Manuscript Collection, the National Library of Finland.

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

The data are based on the only known Finnish list of book purchases from the 19th century.

Collection Mode

Compilation/Synthesis

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Secondary data collection guide

Data Files

44 photographs in jpg format and 1 Excel table in ods format.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Some clarifications were made in the Excel table at FSD.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Hakapää, Jyrki: Gustaf Alfred af Hällström: library and purchases of printed works 1845-1861 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2017-11-22). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3208

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Hakapää, Jyrki (2017). Tiedon ja kulttuurin tarpeet. Gustaf Alfred af Hällströmin kirjahankinnat 1845-1861. Teoksessa: Leivoksia, kaupunkilaisia ja sivistysaatteita. Kävelyretkiä Euroopan historiaan (toim. Aalto, Sari & Nyström, Samu & Peake, Rose-Marie), 34-48. Helsinki: Kirjapaja.