Transcript of the Diary of John Evelyn

Collection Level Description: Transcript of the Diary of John Evelyn

Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. c. 335-7
Title: Transcript of the Diary of John Evelyn
Dates of Creation: 20th cent. (transcript of 17th- and 18th-cent. originals)
Extent: 3 shelfmarks
Name of Creator: Evaline Gertrude Parker and Esmond Samuel de Beer.

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

John Evelyn (1620-1706) was a diarist, traveller, numismatist, antiquary and gardener. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Scope and Content

Line by line transcript of the diary of John Evelyn, 1620-1706, made by Miss E.G. Parker and E.S. de Beer for de Beer's edition of the diary (6 vols., Oxford, 1955).

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The transcript was given to the Library by E.S. de Beer in 1956.

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. 43782-4.

Access Points

Diaries

Beer | Esmond Samuel de | 1895-1990 | Historical Scholar and Editor

Evelyn | John | 1620-1706 | Diarist, Traveller, Numismatist, Antiquary, and Gardener

Parker | Evaline Gertrude | fl 1911 | Antiquary

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09 June 2011