Collection Level Description: Papers of Sir Henry Miers
Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. c. 539, d. 661, f. 415-17, g. 79-96
Title: Papers of Sir Henry Miers
Dates of Creation: 1876-1950
Extent: 23 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
Sir Henry Alexander Miers (1858-1942) was a mineralogist. Details are given in the Dictionary of
National Biography.
Scope and Content
Papers of Sir Henry Miers, consisting of:
- Diary of a visit to Sweden and Russia, 1892
- Diary of a visit to Russia, 1899
- Diary of a visit to South Africa, 1903
- Diaries, 1926-42
- Letters and papers, 1876-1950, including letters to and from Miers, 1877-97; obituaries, 1942-3; letters
about Miers, 1943-50; and 'The alchemist', a paper read by Miers to the Eton College Literary and Scientific
Club, c.1876
- Letters and papers, 1895-1941, including autobiographical notes, 1938-41
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library in 1969 and 1973.
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. 44153-75.
Access Points
Diaries
Miers | Henry Alexander | 1858-1942 | Sir | Knight and Mineralogist
Russia | Description and travel
South Africa | Description and travel
Sweden | Description and travel
Enquiries
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09 June 2011