Manuscripts Collected by Strickland Gibson

Collection Level Description: Manuscripts Collected by Strickland Gibson

Reference: [pr. bk.] Gibson 47, 48, 236, 282
Title: Manuscripts Collected by Strickland Gibson
Dates of Creation: 16th-19th cent.
Extent: 4 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

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

Scope and Content

Four manuscripts from the collection of volumes assembled by Strickland Gibson for the study and teaching of bibliography.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The manuscripts were given to the Library by Strickland Gibson in 1952.

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. II, nos. 47256-9.

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Access Points

Bibliography

Gibson | Strickland | 1877-1958 | Librarian and Bibliographer

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