Nursery rhymes correspondence, c.1946-1953
File
MS. Opie 216
Held in our offsite storage facility
Letters received about nursery rhymes, mainly in reply to the Opie's published letters to the editor:
- Folder 1: 'Nursery Rhymes Letters 1946', mainly responses to an Opie letter published in the Times Literary Supplement, 4 May 1946, and follow-up correspondence, 1946-1948.
- Folder 2: 'Nursery Rhymes Letters', mainly responses to an Opie letter in The Sunday Times, 5 Jun 1949, 1949-1950, with some earlier letters.
- Folder 3: 'Nursery Rhymes Letters', mainly replies to Opie letters in The Sunday Times, 4 Nov 1951, 1951-1952.
- Folder 4: 'Nursery Rhyme Correspondence', mainly replies to The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, 1951-1953.
Dates
- Creation: c.1946-1953
Extent
1 box (4 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Opie 216
Creator
- From the Collection: Opie | Iona Margaret Balfour | nee Archibald | 1923-2017 | book collector and historian of the lore of childhood (Person)
- From the Collection: Opie | Peter Mason | 1918-1982 | book collector and historian of the lore of childhood (Person)
Repository Details
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk