Stein's archive consists of:
- Letters to P.S. Allen and Helen Allen, 1898-1943
- Correspondence with F.H. Andrews, 1899-1943
- General correspondence
- Family correspondence
- Notebooks, field diaries, personal diaries and 'personal narratives', 1889-1943
- Miscellaneous and personal papers, including catalogue of Stein's library
- Correspondence and papers concerning expeditions, mainly in Central Asia, and to archaeology and survey work in India
- Drafts of, and papers and correspondence concerning, publications
- Maps and photographs
Dates
- Creation: 1854-1953
Extent
43.23 Linear metres (393 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Hungarian
- German
- Chinese
- French
- Sanskrit
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Stein 1, fols. 1-2].
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Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Stein 1-458
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13928
Abstract
Archive of Sir Mark Aurel Stein (1862-1943).
Biographical / Historical
Sir Mark Aurel Stein (1862-1943) was an archaeologist and explorer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 53042-53520
A fuller description is available in the Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were bequeathed by Stein to the Indian Institute, Oxford, 1943
Bibliography
- The biography by Jeanette Mirsky, Sir Aurel Stein, archaeological explorer (Chicago & London, 1977) is based partly on these papers.
- Elizabeth Diamond and T.D. Rogers (updated by Christopher Fletcher), "Bodleian Library, Oxford: Catalogue of the Papers of Sir (Marc) Aurel Stein (1862-1943)", in Helen Wang (ed.), Sir Aurel Stein, Colleagues and Collections. (London: British Museum Research Publication, 2012), pp.134-153. ISBN 9780861591848
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Sir Mark Aurel Stein (1862-1943)
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk