Papers of Horace Hart

Collection Level Description: Papers of Horace Hart

Reference: MSS. Eng. lett. c. 466-7; Eng. misc. e. 971-2
Title: Papers of Horace Hart
Dates of Creation: 1856-1915
Extent: 4 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

Horace Hart (fl. 1856-1915) was Printer to the University of Oxford. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Scope and Content

Hart's papers consist of two albums containing personal papers and correspondence, and two albums containing press cuttings of 'original contributions to various publications' by Hart.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were bought from Sotheby's in 1979, with the aid of a generous gift from the Printer to the University.

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

A full description is available in the Library.

Access Points

Printing | England | Oxford

Hart | Horace | fl 1856-1915 | Printer to the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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