Papers written by Robert J. Bruce, research material and correspondence, 2007-2015 and n.d.

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Comprises:

File 1: 'An Ark for the Nation', lecture by Robert J. Bruce for the Friends of the Bodleian, 21 Oct 2009, with long, unedited text of the lecture; talk on the war-time history of the New Bodleian Library given to the official Bodleian guides by Robert J. Bruce, c.2010; offprint of 'Deposits in the New Bodleian during the Second World War' by Robert J. Bruce, Bodleian Library Record, vol. 26, no. 9 (Apr 2013), pp. 59-82; 'New Library Tenants', draft paper by Robert J. Bruce, Nov 2013; 'Ethel Herdman and the Educational Book Service for Prisoners of War based in the New Bodleian Library during the Second World War', talk given by Robert J. Bruce to the Rotary Club of Oxford, 12 Oct 2015; drafts of writings for an article on the use of the rooms in the New Library during the Second World War by Robert J. Bruce, n.d.
File 2: Information gathered by Robert J. Bruce - 'New Library Chronology of Events' from 1935 to 1951, n.d.; 'List of Deposits', descriptive list of collections deposited for safe-keeping from 1938 to 1944, n.d.; information on the New Bodleian's rooms and their occupants during the war and afterwards, n.d.
File 3: Typed transcription of first notebook (see MS. 23046/2) containing information from Frank Dubber's papers, the Bodleian Library Record and other sources, c.2008-2015.
File 4: Correspondence concerning the New Bodleian during the Second World War, 2007-2015 (= Closed).
File 5: Correspondence with the libraries and archives of institutions which deposited collections in the New Bodleian, 2008 (= Closed).