Introduction
A
Correspondence and personal papers,
1923-95
A.1 Correspondence,
1923-92
A.1.1 General and family correspondence, mainly
letters to Wedgwood, 1923-92, n.d.
A.1.2 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1946-92,
n.d.
A.2 Personal papers
A.2.1
Commonplace books,
1941-62
A.2.2
Diaries,
1938-67
A.2.3 Other papers,
1926-95
B
Literary papers, c.1956-83
B.1 Papers relating to published works, c.1956-83
B.2 Papers relating to 'The English Republic',
1960s
B.3 Lecture notes and notes for articles,
1959-74
C
Printed material, 1931-90
C.1 Press cuttings, 1931-90,
n.d.
C.2 Published articles and lectures,
1952-78
| Abstract: Papers of Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood (1910-97), historian. |
Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, 1910-97, historian, see Who Was Who.
Section A contains the correspondence and personal papers of Dame Veronica, including a group of letters written to her parents. Section B contains some of her working papers and provides an insight into how she carried out her research. These include notes and workings for some of her published works ( The King's Peace, The Trial of Charles I) but also detailed drafts of two unpublished works; one of which was to be the third in the Civil War series after The King's Peace and The King's War and was to be called 'The English Republic'. Section C contains printed material principally consisting of volumes of newscuttings with copies of Wedgwood's articles in Time and Tide, and off-prints of some of her articles and lectures. Several photographs were found in the collection, see MS. Photogr. c. 128, fols. 71-80.
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 6829, fols. 1-2].
Wedgwood | Dame | Cicely Veronica | 1910-1997 | historian| Bowen - Plumb Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6829 Extent: 246 leaves Scope and Content: Including letters from
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| Polanyi - Young Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6830 Extent: 275 leaves Scope and Content: Including letters from
with
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| Photocopies of letters to Wedgwood,
1923-83, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6831 Extent: 154 leaves Scope and Content: Including letters from
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| Letters to Wedgwood, 1946-92,
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6832 Extent: 195 leaves Scope and Content: Including
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| Commonplace book,
1941-62 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3330 Extent: 93 leaves, 42-91 blank |
| Commonplace book, 1944,
1960 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3331 Extent: 83 leaves, 29-83 blank Scope and Content: Including (fols. 14-28) history quotations, 1960 |
| Commonplace book, 1945,
1954-7 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3332 Extent: 81 leaves, 13-81 blank Scope and Content: Contains notes on style and vocabulary |
| Diary, Jan.-Aug.
1938 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3333 Extent: 72 leaves, 37-69 blank |
| Diary,
1948 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3334 Extent: 56 leaves, 47-57 blank |
| Diary, 1949,
1950-1 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3335 Extent: 185 leaves, 78-183 blank |
| Diary, Oct. 1952-June.
1953 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3386 Extent: 138 leaves, 121-36 blank Scope and Content: Including (fols. 107-11) a description of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953 |
| Diary, 1959, and Jan.
1960 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3336 Extent: 67 leaves |
| Diary, 1960, and
(fols. 57-69) loose notes for Jan.-June 1961 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3387 Extent: 69 leaves |
| Diary,
1963 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3337 Extent: 116 leaves, 79-113 blank |
| Diary, July 1965-Aug.
1967 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3338 Extent: 86 leaves, 75-86 blank |
| Papers,
1926-95 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6833 Extent: 129 leaves Scope and Content: Including
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| Notebook for The King's War,
c.1956-7 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6834 Extent: 109 leaves |
| Notebook relating to Poetry and
Politics, c.1958-9 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3339 Extent: 75 leaves |
| Notebook on the Restoration,
1960s Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3340 Extent: 78 leaves |
| Notebook relating to The Trial of Charles
I, 1960s Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6835 Extent: 94 pages |
| Duplicated typescript of a play by Wedgwood,
To Die A King: The Trial and Execution of Charles I, with
manuscript notes by Wedgwood; broadcast for the BBC Home Service,
1968 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6836 Extent: 32 leaves |
| Notebook relating to The Spoils of
Time,1980s Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3388 Extent: 44 leaves |
| Drafts of chapters of The Spoils of
Time, c.1980s Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3389 Extent: 184 leaves |
This was to be the title of the third volume in the Civil War series, following The King's Peace and The King's War.
| Notebook for 1646-62 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6837 Extent: 96 leaves |
| Notebook for June 1647-Feb. 1649 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3341 Extent: 50 leaves |
| Notebook for 1647-53 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3390 Extent: 125 leaves |
| Notebook for 1654-60, containing notes for the
projected fourth volume Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3391 Extent: 121 leaves, 10-38, 74-81 blank |
| Drafts of the introduction and chapters 1 to 4,
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6838 Extent: 235 leaves Scope and Content: With
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| Notebook for Bryn Mawr lectures,
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3342 Extent: 71 leaves |
| Lecture notes and articles, 1959-74,
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6839 Extent: 223 leaves Scope and Content: Including
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Most of the volumes include copies of Wedgwood's articles for Time and Tide
| Presscuttings, 1935-52, pasted (and a
few loosely inserted) into a 19th-cent. blank
volume Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3392 Extent: 242 pages, 179-228 blank Binding: brown morocco, gilt, by R. Potter, binder, York; spine missing, boards detached |
| Presscuttings,
1946-56 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3393 Extent: i + 32 pages Scope and Content: With (fol. i) an index of 'principal contents' |
| Presscuttings, 1946-57, mostly
1953-6 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3394 Extent: 112 pages Binding: calf, blue cloth sleeve, with white plastic letters 'C V W' tied to front part of sleeve Scope and Content: Including (pages 109-10) index to the Time and Tide articles which appear in the volume |
| Presscuttings relating to the publication of
Last of the Radicals, 1946, 1951-2, pasted into
an unused printed diary Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3343 Extent: 152 pages, 132-45 blank Binding: green morocco, gilt, by Fortnum & Mason Scope and Content: Including
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| Presscuttings, 1952-90,
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6840 Extent: 73 leaves Scope and Content: Including
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| Presscuttings,
1957-9 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3395 Extent: 100 pages |
| Presscuttings,
1959-62 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2105 Extent: 63 pages |
| Presscuttings,
1962-5 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3396 Extent: 104 pages |
| Presscuttings, 1931,
1965-7 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3397 Extent: 56 pages, 34-55 blank |
Several of the pamphlets have manuscript dedications in them from Wedgwood to Richard Curle, and many are offprints or have been reprinted from a series volume.
| Articles and lectures by Wedgwood,
1952-78 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6841 Extent: 19 items Scope and Content: Including
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