Collection Level Description: Papers of H.W. Nevinson
Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. c. 496-7, d. 663, e. 610-28
Title: Papers of H.W. Nevinson
Dates of Creation: 1860-1942
Extent: 22 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
Henry Woodd Nevinson (1856-1941) was an essayist, philanthropist and journalist. Details are given in the
Dictionary of National Biography.
Scope and Content
Papers of H.W. Nevinson, consisting of:
- Diaries, 1893-1941
- Notebook containing extracts from printed works and notes on lectures relating to English literature,
1889-90
- Notebook containing verse by Nevinson, begun in 1891
- Literary papers, 1940-1, including a typescript draft of 'Thomas Hardy', published, London, 1941, and
manuscript and typescript verse
- Personal papers, 1860-1935, including ten photographs, 1860-1935, and papers concerning presentations to
Nevinson, 1918, 1933, 1935, with his passport, 1934
- Press cuttings, 1892-1942
- Papers relating to a memorial meeting to pay tribute to Nevinson, December 1941
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were bequeathed to the Library by Nevinson's niece, Joan Sharp, in 1969.
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. 43973-44068.
Access Points
English literature
Journalism
Diaries
Nevinson | Henry Woodd | 1856-1941 | Essayist, Philanthropist, and Journalist
Enquiries
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