Collection Level Description: Papers of Mifanwy and Olwen Rhys
Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. d. 740, e. 674-701, g. 97; Eng. lett. c. 314, d. 337, e. 131
Title: Papers of Mifanwy and Olwen Rhys
Dates of Creation: 1883-1945
Extent: 29 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
Mifanwy and Olwen Rhys were the daughters of Sir John Rhys (1840-1915).
Scope and Content
Diaries and papers of Mifanwy and Olwen Rhys, including:
- Letters to Mifanwy Rhys, 1905-28
- Letters to Olwen Rhys, 1917-20
- Notebooks of Mifanwy Rhys, c.1918
- Diaries of Mifanwy Rhys, 1883-4, 1893-1945
- Diries of Olwen Rhys, 1897-1927
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library in 1953.
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. 45544-76.
Access Points
Diaries | 19th century
Diaries | 20th century
Rhys | Mifanwy | fl. 1883-1945
Rhys | Olwen | fl. 1897-1927
Enquiries
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09 June 2011