Papers of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

Collection Level Description: Papers of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

Reference: MSS. Don. c. 50, d. 53/1-3
Title: Papers of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Dates of Creation: [c. 1839]-71
Extent: 4 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was an historian, essayist and philosopher. His wife was Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle, poet and writer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Scope and Content

Papers of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, consisting of:

An account by Jane Welsh Carlyle of household expenses, 1854-5
An account by Jane Welsh Carlyle of a visit to Haddington, East Lothian, July 1849
2 pocket-books of Thomas Carlyle, c. 1839-47

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were given to the Library by J.C.B. Gamlen, through the Friends of the Bodleian, in 1935.

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. 38830-3.

Access Points

Households | England

Carlyle | Jane Baillie | 1801-1866 | nee Welsh, Poet and Writer

Carlyle | Thomas | 1795-1881 | Historian, Essayist, and Philosopher

East Lothian (Scotland)

Haddington (Scotland)

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09 June 2011