Correspondence, notes and drafts relating to unpublished articles and other works by Giles Barber, 1963-2005 and n.d. [c.1990-2005]
File
MS. 9101/102
Comprises papers relating to:
- 'Osford, Ossonio, Oxfort: Modern languages printing at Oxford to 1800', 1963-2000
- 'Reassembling the Ancien Régime: The antiquarian booktrade in nineteenth century Paris', marked '?Maison Française', 1989
- 'Medical memories of Oxford', described as 'an after dinner talk to a society of doctors', n.d. [c.1990]
- 'Eighteenth Century Ephemerides or Petit Calendrier Pour Dix-huitiemistes', typed lists of 18th century anniversaries for each day of the year [compiled by Barber?], n.d. [c.1990]
- 'J’ai Vu les Champs de l’Angleterre, la Tamise et ses Philologues', described as 'Draft article for a Festschrift for K[eith] V[al] Sinclair' on the subject of Oxford and French studies, especially medieval, in the 1950s, but not published, 1991 and n.d. [c.1991]
- 'Baroque, World Atlas of', correspondence and papers relating to the writing of 'Bookbinding in the Baroque Period', a chapter contributed by Barber to a planned 'World Atlas of Baroque Art' edited by Professor Alain Gruber, 1995-1996 and n.d. [c.1996]
- 'Entrance', relating to Oxford University and College doorways, n.d. [c.1995]
- 'Needles in haystacks: the richness of Oxford libraries, talk to Congress of Germanistics[?], Oxf[or]d Sep 19??', [c.1995]
- 'After the Grand Tour: The English in the Canton de Vaud, or, 'Château de Chillon-shire', paper first given at the Manorial Society of Great Britain's conference on the Grand Tour, Oxford, Sep 1999, 1999
- 'Visiting Oxford in ……2060, In memory of Cuthbert Bede and Mercurius Oxoniensis', n.d. [c.2000]
- 'From Jacob’s Coat to Shelley’s Guitar: Bodleian Exhibits in Bygone Days', concerning the history of public exhibitions in the Bodleian Library, 2001 and n.d. [c.2000]
- 'Du Polar au Ru(g)by, Markets, book fairs and bookshops in the central Pyrenees today', 2005 and n.d. [c.2005]
- 'Possible collectaneous books on Oxford and books for possible publication by the Oxford Bibliographical Society (notes while I was President)', including correspondence and notes relating to 'Oxford Bibliophile Almanac'; 'Studies on the History of Bookselling in Oxford'; 'The Bibliography Room and its position in the history of textual bibliography, Over against the King’s Arms: recollections and reflections on printing classes in the New Bodleian'; 'Towards an history of bookbinding in Oxford'; 'Possible publications, General', n.d. [c.1990]
Dates
- Creation: 1963-2005 and n.d. [c.1990-2005]
Extent
1 box (13 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 9101/102
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk