Collection Level Description: Papers of A.J. Carlyle
Reference: MSS. Eng. lett. c. 481-2; Eng. misc. e. 1126-8
Title: Papers of A.J. Carlyle
Dates of Creation: 1867-1970
Extent: 5 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
Alexander James Carlyle (1861-1943) was a historian of political thought. Details are given in the
Dictionary of National Biography.
Scope and Content
Papers of A.J. Carlyle and of his wife and daughters, consisting of:
- Letters and papers of Carlyle, 1867-1941
- Notebook of Carlyle as tutor at University College, Oxford, containing lists of pupils and marks awarded,
1908-22
- Letters and papers, 1909-70, including, letters to Mrs Rebecca M. Carlyle, 1909-28; letters to Margaret
and Mary Carlyle, 1919-64; and letters from publishers about Carlyle's published works, 1955-65, with royalty
statements, 1955-70
- Two household account books of Mrs Rebecca M. Carlyle, 1896-1908, 1914-18
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given by his executors in 1972.
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. 41430-4.
Access Points
Political science | History
Carlyle | Alexander James | 1861-1943 | Historian of Political Thought
Carlyle | Margaret Monteith | d 1972
Carlyle | Mary Monteith | d 1972
Carlyle | Rebecca Monteith | d 1941
University of Oxford | University College
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