Children's papers and covering correspondence, bulk: Bulk, 1952-1953, c.1952-1960
File
MS. Opie 9
Held in our offsite storage facility
Comprises:
- (fols. 1-54): Wingrove Road Junior School, Newcastle, c.1952. [Opie reference 595]
- (fols. 55-125): Golspie Senior Secondary School, Golspie, c.1952-1953. [Opie reference 599]
- (fols. 126-199): Golspie Senior Secondary School, Golspie, 1953. [Opie reference 599]
- (fols. 200-237): Dovenby School, Dovenby near Cockermouth, c.1952. [Opie reference 601]
- (fols. 238-290): Oundle Public School, Oundle, c.1952. Also includes rhymes collected from a church school in Peterborough. [Opie reference 603]
- (fols. 291-419): Various schools and youth clubs, Ipswich, 1952-1953. [Opie reference 606]
- (fols. 420-455): Caistor Grammar School, Caistor, c.1952 and 1960. [Opie reference 607]
- (fols. 456-528): Acocks Green Junior Mixed School, Birmingham, 1952-1953. [Opie reference 613]
- (fols. 529-537): Gedney Drove End Primary School, Spalding, 1952-1953. [Opie reference 615]
- (fols. 538-585): Unknown secondary school, Peterborough, c.1953. [Opie reference 620]
- (fols. 586-590): Beadnell Church of England School, Beadnell, 1952-1953. Two teachers' letters only. [Opie reference 627]
- (fols. 591-628): St. Catherine's School, Dublin, c.1953. Includes notes by the Opies. [Opie reference 630]
Dates
- Creation: Creation: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1952-1953
- Creation: Creation: c.1952-1960
Extent
628 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Opie 9
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
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk