Collection Level Description: Papers of Ethel Sidgwick
Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. c. 704-6, d. 1077-80, e. 1010-12, f. 600; Eng. lett. c. 471-4; French c. 45
Title: Papers of Ethel Sidgwick
Dates of Creation: 1876-1960
Extent: 16 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English and French
Administrative/Biographical History
Ethel Sidgwick (1877-1970) was a novelist. Details are given in Who Was Who.
Scope and Content
Papers of Ethel Sidgwick, including:
- Letters to Ethel Sidgwick, 1877-1960
- Journal of Ethel Sidgwick on a tour in the United States of America, November 1919-January 1920
- Pocket diary for 1939 used by Ethel Sidgwick in 1941
- Literary papers of Ethel Sidgwick, including manuscript and typescript drafts of works
- Miscellaneous papers of the Sidgwick family, 1876-1953
- Printed material, 1898-1957, including pamphlets, offprints and memorial service sheets
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were bought from O. Weir, Dene Bookshop, Abingdon, in 1975, except MSS. Eng. misc. f. 600,
which was given by him in 1979.
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. 44410-25.
Access Points
Authors | 20th century
English literature | 20th century
Diaries | 20th century
Sidgwick | Ethel | 1877-1970 | Novelist
United States | Description and travel
Enquiries
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