Papers of Joseph Toynbee, FRS, and George Toynbee

Collection Level Description: Papers of Joseph Toynbee, FRS, and George Toynbee

Reference: MSS. Eng. lett. c. 535, e. 210-11; Eng. misc. d. 1211, e. 1328
Title: Papers of Joseph Toynbee, FRS, and George Toynbee
Dates of Creation: 1821-66, 1944
Extent: 5 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

Joseph Toynbee (1815-66) was an aural surgeon. George Toynbee (d ? 1841), a landowner and a large tenant-farmer in Lincolnshire, was his father. Details for Joseph Toynbee are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Scope and Content

Correspondence and papers relating to Joseph Toynbee and George Toynbee, including two volumes and a notebook compiled by Joseph's eldest daughter, Gertrude.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were given to the Library in 1982.

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

Medicine

Toynbee | George | d ? 1841 | landowner

Toynbee | Joseph | 1815-1866 | aural surgeon

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