Sir Mark Aurel Stein (1862-1943) was an archaelogist and explorer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Stein's papers consist of:

• Letters to P.S. Allen and Helen Allen, 1898-1943
• Correspondence with F.H. Andrews, 1899-1943
• General correspondence
• Family correspondence
• Notebooks, field diaries, personal diaries and 'personal narratives', 1889-1943
• Miscellaneous and personal papers, including catalogue of Stein's library
• Correspondence and papers concerning expeditions, mainly in Central Asia, and to archaeology and survey work in India
• Drafts of, and papers and correspondence concerning, publications
• Maps and photographs

The papers were bequeathed by Stein to the Indian Institute, Oxford, 1943

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/).

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 53042-520

A fuller description is available in the Library.

See also Additional Papers of Sir Mark Aurel Stein, 1894-1944.

Oriental manuscripts collected by Stein are in the Department of Oriental Collections, Bodleian Library.

Archaeological objects associated with Stein are Janitor's List nos. JL866a-d.

The Bodleian Library also holds the Papers of P.S. Allen.

The biography by Jeanette Mirsky, Sir Aurel Stein, archaeological explorer (Chicago & London, 1977) is based partly on these papers.

Archaeologists | 19th century

Archaeologists | 20th century

Archaeology

Explorers | 19th century

Explorers | 20th century

Allen | Helen Mary | 1872-1952

Allen | Percy Stafford | 1869-1933 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford

Stein | Mark Aurel | 1862-1943 | Sir | Knight Scholar Explorer Archaeologist

Asia, Central

India