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Additional Acland Papers
Additional papers of Henry Wentworth Acland and his daughter, Sarah Angelina Acland, 1852-86
Acworth Diaries
Diaries of Harriet Acworth (d. 1846), 1833–46, and of William Acworth
(1803–99), Evangelical clergyman, 1846–96.
Barrett Notebooks
Notebooks written by Miss Elizabeth Barrett, 1847-8
Beckwith heraldic and
genealogical manuscripts
Heraldic and genealogical manuscripts relating
to noble and gentry families of England and Yorkshire, compiled by Thomas
Beckwith of York, painter and antiquary, 1767-85, mainly comprising family
trees.
Bickersteth Family
Papers
Papers of the Bickersteth family, including papers of Edward
Bickersteth (1786-1850), rector of Watton, and his sons Edward Henry
Bickersteth (1825-1906), Bishop of Exeter, poet and hymnographer, and Samuel
Bickersteth (1857-1937), priest.
Bruce Family Papers
Papers of
the Bruce Family, late 18th - 20th Century, comprising papers of (Patrick)
Craufurd Bruce (1748-1820) and Michael Bruce (1787-1861), with small groups of
papers of the next three generations.
Viscount Bryce Papers
Papers
of James, Viscount Bryce, and Bryce family papers, 1826-1958. The bulk of the
papers cover Bryce's political and literary career, 1857-1922.
Burdett Papers
Papers of
Sir Henry Burdett (1847-1920), Secretary of the Share and Loan Department of
the London Stock Exchange, with some Burdett family papers, 1803-1930.
Burges Papers
Papers
of Sir James Bland Burges (1752-1824), author, barrister, Member of Parliament
and Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, with papers of the Burges and Head
families, 1750-1892.
Chiswell Journals
Journals of Richard Chiswell the Younger (1673-1751) Turkey merchant and
traveller and the journals of his grandson, Trench Chiswell (1735?-1797)
merchant and antiquary, 1696-1796.
Church Papers
Notebooks and
diaries of R.W. Church, Dean of St. Paul's, mainly compiled when he was Rector
of Whatley, Somerset.
Clarendon Papers
Papers of George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, 1820–70,
with papers of related families, 17th–19th century.
Additional Clarendon
Papers, with Lister Papers
Correspondence of George William
Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon of the second creation, with his
wife, Lady Katharine, and his sister, Lady Theresa Lewis, 1838-65; papers of
Sir Thomas Villiers Lister, mainly Foreign Office memoranda and journals of
diplomatic missions, 1845-92.
Lady Clarendon
Papers
Correspondence, diaries and papers of Lady Katharine Clarendon,
with some correspondence of her husband, George, 4th Earl of Clarendon, and
some miscellaneous family papers.
De Michele Papers
Papers of Charles Eastland de Michele (1810-98), editor of the Morning
Post, c.1834 to c.1844, British consul at St. Petersburg,
1849-54, 1856-66.
Edgeworth Papers
Correspondence and literary papers of Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), with papers
of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Michael Pakenham Edgeworth and other members of
the Edgeworth family, mainly 1778-1886.
Fane Papers
Papers, mainly
correspondence, of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland, 1805-58, mainly
relating to his diplomatic posting in Florence.
Fielding Botanical
Water-colours
Botanical water-colours by Mary Maria Fielding with
accompanying, descriptive notes possibly by her husband, Henry Borron Fielding,
1830-3 and undated.
Gibson Papers
Papers of
Edmund Gibson (1669-1748), Bishop of London, with papers of his descendants.
Giles Journals
Journals of John Allen Giles, c.1815-1884.
Gilpin Notebooks
Four
illustrated notebooks of William Gilpin, 'Remarks on Forests', 1781.
Grey Papers
Correspondence and
papers of Sir Charles Edward Grey (1785-1865), Indian judge and colonial
governor, with correspondence and papers of other members of the Grey family,
17th-20th century.
Horsley Family Papers
Papers of the Horsley family, 19th to 20th cent., including papers of the
musician William Horsley (1774-1858), and papers of the artists John Callcott
Horsley (1817-1903), and Rosamund Horsley (1864-1949), son and daughter of
William Horsley.
Ingram
Papers
Papers of James Ingram (1774-1850), Anglo-Saxon scholar and
president of Trinity College, Oxford, 1716-1856.
Kimberley Papers
Papers of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826-1902),
statesman.
Lewis Family
Papers
Papers of the Lewis family, 19th-20th cent., mainly letters to
Elizabeth, Lady Lewis (1844-1931).
Additional Macartney
Papers
Additional papers of George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
(1737-1806) relating to his governorship of Fort St. George, Madras (India),
1781-6, and his embassy to China, 1792-4.
Max Müller Papers
Correspondence and papers of Friedrich Max Müller (1823-1900), Privy
Councillor, Taylorian Professor of Modern European Languages and Professor of
Comparative Philology at Oxford, and of his wife Georgina Adelaide,
1794-1919.
Monson
Papers
Papers of Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet (1834-1909),
mainly related to his diplomatic service in Denmark, Greece, Austria-Hungary
and France, 1884-1904, with papers relating to other diplomatic postings, and
family correspondence, 1841-1908.
Nichols Family Papers
Papers and collections of the Nichols family, printers and publishers,
1785-1854, including family correspondence, accounts, journals and antiquarian
collections.
Van
der Kolk Catalogue
Catalogue of a collection of pathological
specimens, 19th century, of Jacobus van der Kolk, Dutch
pathologist.
Werry
Papers
Correspondence and papers of Francis Werry, consul at Smyrna,
and his son Francis Peter, who served as a diplomat in Malta, Russia, France,
Vienna and Dresden, c.1800-30.
Wilberforce
Diaries
Diaries of Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, 1845-69, and
Bishop of Winchester, 1869-73.
Wilkinson Papers
Papers of Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875), Egyptologist.
Addison Papers
Papers of Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison (1869-1951),
statesman.
Alexander
Papers
Papers of Boyd Alexander (1913–80), publisher of works on
William Beckford (1760–1844), author, MP and art Collector.
Alexander
Papers
Papers of Marjorie Eugene Alexander (b. 1913), New Zealand
pianist, 1929-72.
Asquith
Papers
Correspondence and papers of Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime
Minister 1908-16.
Asquith Papers
Correspondence and papers of Margot Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith,
with correspondence and papers of other members of her family, 1862-1945.
Lady Colefax Papers
Correspondence and papers, with some related family letters, 1851-1988, of
Sibyl, Lady Colefax (1874-1950), wife of Sir Arthur Colefax, society hostess,
and co-founder of the firm of Colefax & Fowler.
Goodhart Papers
Papers of
Arthur Lehman Goodhart (1891-1978), Master of University College, Oxford, and
editor of the Law Quarterly Review.
Hensley Henson Lectures, University of
Oxford
Series of lectures in theology, typescript and word-processed,
1989-2002.
Lawrence
Papers
Papers of T.E. Lawrence, with some related material c.
1894-1970, and the correspondence and papers of A.W. Lawrence relating to his
brother T.E. Lawrence, 1917-85.
Magrath Papers
Letters to
John Richard Magrath (1839-1930), Provost of the Queen's College, Oxford, with
four groups of letters (found with Magrath's papers) to Edith Simcox, George
and William Simcox, Amy Lefroy and Eleanor Grove, 1861-1920.
E.A. Milne Society Papers
Papers of the E.A. Milne Society, 1975-99.
O'Donnell Lectures, University of
Oxford
Series of lectures in Celtic Studies, manuscript, typescript,
word-processed and printed, many of the typescript versions with manuscript
additions or corrections, 1955-90.
Oxford University Clubs and
Societies
Records of Oxford University Clubs and Societies 1915-99,
deposited in or given to the Library by Oxford University clubs and
societies.
Pym Papers
Papers of Barbara Mary Crampton Pym (1913-80), novelist.
Salt Papers
Correspondence and
notes of Henry Salt concerning the poet James Thomson, 1886-1906.
Romanes Lectures, University of
Oxford
Series of lectures, manuscript, typescript and word-processed,
1986-2002.
Selby
Papers
Correspondence and papers of Sir Walford Selby (1881-1965),
diplomat, and the Selby family.
Papers of The Society, University of
Oxford
Minutes, correspondence and related papers of The Society,
University of Oxford, 1880-1980.
Stein Papers
Papers and
photographs of Sir Mark Aurel Stein (1862-1943), scholar, explorer and
archaeologist, 1894-1944.
Undergraduate Representative Council,
Oxford University
Minutes of the Undergraduate Representative
Council, Oxford University, 1939-47.
Wardrop Letters
Letters from
Sir Oliver Wardrop to his wife Margrethe, written mostly from Tiflis where he
was based as British High Commissioner for Transcaucasia, 1919-20.
Wedgwood Papers
Papers of
Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood (1910-1997), historian.
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