Autobiography of Cuthbert Shields, written in five notebooks in the form of letters, 1884-1886, to F.A. Clarke, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford and Edwin Palmer, Archdeacon of Oxford, to explain the conduct which led to his confinement in an asylum in Fulham in 1878 and prolonged travel abroad. The discursive account of his own life is interspersed with reflections on biblical, historical and political subjects.
Dates
- Creation: 1883-1886
Extent
0.35 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Don. e. 185, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Don. e. 185-189
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 10488
Abstract
Autobiography of Cuthbert Shields, historian.
Biographical / Historical
Cuthbert James Shields (1840-1908), formerly Robert Laing, was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and a historian. For further details see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The autobiography was bought, with two printed items relating to Shields (monumental inscription and 'In memoriam' reprinted from the Oxford Magazine, MS. Eng. c. 5739, fols. 62-64) from Maggs Bros. Ltd., and given by the Friends of the Bodleian, 1996.
- Title
- Autobiography of Cuthbert Shields
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2021 by Catherine McIlwaine
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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