Emma Dorothea Herschel was the daughter of Sir William James Herschel, 2nd Bart (1833-1917), a Bengal civil servant (details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography).

Papers of Miss Emma D. Herschel and Sir William James Herschel relating to Littlemeore, including:

• Attendance registers, including minutes of meetings and related papers and memoranda, of the Boys Union of the Littlemore branch of the Church of England Temperance Society, 1884-1902
• Papers relating to the Church of England Temperance Society, 1893-1901
• Papers of Emma Hershel, 1886-1900, including diary entries and memoranda

The papers were given to the Library, 1951-70.

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/).

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 54949-77.

See also Collections by Miss E.D. Herschel.

Temperance

Herschel | Emma Dorothea | fl 1886-1900

Herschel | William James | 1833-1917 | Sir | 2nd Baronet and Bengal Civil Servant

Church of England Temperance Society

Littlemore (England)

Oxfordshire (England)