Abstract: Single files or volumes of business papers acquired by the Bodleian Library by
purchase, bequest or donation since 1994.
Account book of Benjamin Holroyd, butcher, of Marsden, Yorkshire, with some diary
entries, 1832-63 Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 199 Extent: 300 leaves Binding: Vellum, inscribed on front cover 'Benjamin Holroyd's
book'
Includes:
(fol. 4) architectural drawings of front elevation and ground plan of a
house, n.d.
(fols. 5-15) index of customers
(fols. 16-205) sales of meat, arranged by customer, 1832-7
(fols. 212-17) details of building a house and barn at Ruff Lee, Marsden,
1846-7
(fols. 221-300) household and personal accounts, with some diary entries,
1837-63
Acquisition: Given by John Fuggles through the Friends of the Bodleian, 1997
Subjects (LCSH)
Account books -- England -- 19th century
Butchers -- England
Papers of Oxford Magazine Ltd., 1959-67 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6782 Extent: 434 leaves
Including
(fols. 8-112) minutes of Directors' Meetings, 1961-7
(fols. 116-434) correspondence, 1959-67
Historical note: The Oxford Magazine was first published in 1883, as a magazine particularly for
senior members of the University. The Oxonian Press Ltd. published it between 1924
and 1959, and from that date the Alden Press.
Acquisition: Given, 1994.
Related Material: For additional material, 1962-74, see MSS. Eng. lett. b. 28-30.