Collection Level Description: Papers of J.W. Hely-Hutchinson
Reference: MSS. Eng. lett. c. 502-12; Eng. misc. b. 341, c. 757-61, d. 1183
Title: Papers of J.W. Hely-Hutchinson
Dates of Creation: 1938-54
Extent: 18 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
John Walter Hely-Hutchinson (1882-1955) was a book-collector.
Scope and Content
Correspondence and papers of J.W. Hely-Hutchinson, consisting of:
- Correspondence relating to books, 1946-54
- Correspondence concerning Hely-Hutchinson's gifts and bequests of books to various institutions, mainly to
Eton College, 1947-54
- Book bills and receipts, 1946-54
- Papers concerning book-collecting
- Notes and correspondence concerning bindings by Robert Dudley (16th century), with related photographs,
1949-54
- Card catalogue of Hely-Hutchinson's library
- Duplicated typescript copy of Hely-Hutchinson's 'Diary of a journey to India, Australia, New Zealand and
the United States', 1938
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The provenance is unrecorded.
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. 41439-56.
Access Points
Book collecting
Bookbinding
Diaries | 20th century
Dudley | Robert | fl. 1500-1599 | binder
Hely-Hutchinson | John Walter | 1882-1955 | Bibliophile
Australia | Description and travel
India | Description and travel
New Zealand | Description and travel
United States | Description and travel
Enquiries
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09 June 2011