Collection Level Description: Papers of Beatrice Braithwaite Batty
Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. c. 95, e. 85-6, e. 102-4, f. 32, f. 41-7; Autogr. g. 2; Eng. hist. g. 2; Eng. poet. g. 2; Top. gen. e. 59;
Top. Oxon. e. 182-3; Top. Surrey f. 1
Title: Papers of Beatrice Braithwaite Batty
Dates of Creation: Early 19th cent.-1910
Extent: 21 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
Beatrice Braithwaite Batty (1833-1933), novelist and diarist, wrote under the name of Beatrice Stebbing.
Scope and Content
Papers of Beatrice Braithwaite Batty, including:
- Account of a voyage to India, October 1860-December 1861
- Diary of travels in France, 1863
- 'Oxford in Term Time', journals, 1890
- Account of a visit to Royal Holloway College, 1890
- Diary of a holiday at Oberammergau, with sketches, 1890, and autograph album including signatures of
actors in the Oberammergau Passion Play in 1900
- Diary of a visit to Canada, 1909-10
- Fictional works by Mrs. Batty
- Diary and papers of William Barrow as lieutenant and commander, Royal Navy, 1832-6, n.d.
- Notebook containing a sailor's collection of extracts, verses and riddles, c.1826
- Journal of a tour into Wales, by Mary Webber, 1835
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library by Mrs. Batty in 1918.
Access Conditions
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a
valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).
Further Information
Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the
Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 43467-87.
Related Units of Description
Also given to the Library by Mrs. Batty were MSS. Chin. c. 33 and d. 62, and six leaves of autobiographical
notes (MS. Eng. misc. c. 27, fols. 38-43).
Access Points
Sailors
Diaries | 19th century
Diaries | 20th century
Batty | Beatrice | 1833-1933 | Novelist and Diarist, author called Beatrice Stebbing
Barrow | William | Naval Officer
Webber | Mary | fl. 1835
Great Britain and Ireland | Royal Navy
Royal Holloway College
Canada | Description and travel
France | Description and travel
India | Description and travel
Oberammergau (Germany) | Description and travel
Oxford (England)
Wales | Description and travel
Enquiries
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