Collection Level Description: Papers of (Arthur) St. John Adcock
Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. c. 710-13, d. 1093-5, e. 1061-1124, f. 627-36, g. 210-11; Eng. lett. c. 477-8, d. 470; Eng. poet. c. 69-70,
e. 169-71
Title: Papers of (Arthur) St. John Adcock
Dates of Creation: 19th-20th cent.
Extent: 91 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
(Arthur) St. John Adcock (1864-1930) was a novelist and journalist. Details are given in Who Was
Who.
Scope and Content
Papers of (Arthur) St. John Adcock, including:
- Correspondence, 1885-1930
- Manuscript and typescript, verse, plays, short stories, essays, articles and reviews, and lectures,
1882-1930
- Notebooks containing cuttings, from newspapers and periodicals, of verse, short stories and articles,
1882-1910
- Journal, January 1885-June 1886, consisting mainly of notes on books read and on literary matters
- Notebooks containing verse, notes and drafts of short stories and essays
- Album of Marion L. Taylor (later Mrs St. John Adcock), containing photographs, greetings cards and press
cuttings, c. 1879-90
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library by Adcock's daughter in 1974.
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. 44628-718.
Access Points
Authors | 19th century
Authors | 20th century
English literature | 19th century
English literature | 20th century
Adcock | Arthur St John | 1864-1930 | Novelist
Adcock | Marion L | fl 1879-1890
Contact Information
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