Strickland Gibson (1877-1958), a member of the Bodleian staff from 1891, and Sub-Librarian 1931-45. Details are given in Who Was Who.

Correspondence and papers of Strickland Gibson, consisting of:

• General correspondence, mainly relating to the Bodleian, 1897-1946
• Correspondence and papers of Gibson and John Johnson concerning a proposal to make the Arts End of the Old Bodleian into a reference library, 1937-9
• Letters to Gibson on the completion of fifty years' service in the Bodleian, 1941
• Correspondence with D.L. Murray, 1943-5
• Papers and letters concerning Gibson's university classes in bibliography, 1922-48

The papers were given to the Library by Gibson, c. 1950.

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/).

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. 41563-71.

See also Manuscripts Collected by Strickland Gibson ([pr. bk.].

Bibliography

Gibson | Strickland | 1877-1958 | Librarian and Bibliographer

Johnson | John De Monins | 1882-1956 | Egyptologist

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