Collection Level Description: Letters to H.W.C. Davis, and to his Widow
Reference: MSS. Eng. c. 6038-9
Title: Letters to H.W.C. Davis, and to his Widow
Dates of Creation: 1897-1933
Extent: 2 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
Henry William Carless Davis (1874-1928) was Regius Professor of Modern History at
Oxford. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Scope and Content
Letters to H.W.C. Davis, and to his widow:
- miscellaneous letters, 1897-1914
- congratulatory letters on Davis' CBE, 1918
- congratulatory letters on Davis' appointment to the Regius Chair of Modern
History, Oxford, 1925
- letters to Davis as editor of Essays in History presented to R.L.
Poole (Oxford: 1927), 1925-6
- letters of condolence to Davis' widow on his death, with photocopies of
obituaries, 1928
- letters to his widow relating to posthumous publication of The age of
Grey and Peel (Oxford: 1929), 1928-9, and of Henry William
Carless Davis, 1874-1928. A memoir by J.R.H. Weaver, and a selection of his
historical papers, edited by J.R.H. Weaver and Austin Lane Poole,
(London: 1933), 1928-33.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to the Library in 1995.
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unpublished catalogues.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
Papers of H.W.C. Davis (MSS. Top. Oxon. c. 594-5, c. 598-604, c. 615-19, c. 624,
d. 566-96, d. 624-33, e. 432-62, e. 479-518, f. 66).
Access Points
Historians
Davis | Henry William Carless | 1874-1928 | historian
Enquiries
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