Collection Level Description: Papers of Richard Blaker
Reference: MSS. Eng. lett. c. 324-5
Title: Papers of Richard Blaker
Dates of Creation: [c. 1893-1971]
Extent: 2 shelfmarks
Name of Creator: Richard Blaker
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
Richard Sidney Blaker (1893-1940) was an author. Details are given in Who Was Who.
Scope and Content
Papers of Richard Blaker comprising:
- letters to Ann Mayo Owen (later Blaker), 1935-6
- letters to Mrs Blaker from various correspondents, with copies of some letters from her, 1938-48, 1967
- letters from Louis Golding, mainly to Blaker and his wife, c. 1918-47
- letters to Blaker from various correspondents, including his wife, 1935-8
- letters from Blaker to Louis Golding, 1926-39
- papers of Mrs Blaker, 1895-1971
- papers of Blaker, 1893-1940, n.d.
- a telegram to Louis Golding, 1940.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to the Library in 1972 and (MS. Eng. lett. c. 325 fols. 92-136) in 1984.
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A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.
Related Units of Description
See also the papers of R.S. Blaker.
Access Points
Authors | 20th century
Blaker | Richard Sidney | 1893-1940 | author
Golding | Louis | 1895-1958 | novelist
Enquiries
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09 June 2011