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Archive of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

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Papers of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, consisting of:

  1. An account by Jane Welsh Carlyle of household expenses, 1854-1855
  2. An account by Jane Welsh Carlyle of a visit to Haddington, East Lothian, July 1849
  3. 2 pocket-books of Thomas Carlyle, c. 1839-1847

Dates

  • Creation: [c. 1839]-1871

Extent

0.16 Linear metres (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Don. c. 50, fols. 1-2].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Don. c. 50, d. 53/1-3

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 12832

Abstract

Archive of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, c. 1839-1871

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was an historian, essayist and philosopher. His wife was Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle, poet and writer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were given to the Library by J.C.B. Gamlen, through the Friends of the Bodleian, in 1935.

Title
Catalogue of the archive of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Status
Published
Author
Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
Date
EAD version 2019
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
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