Microfilms of John Clare Manuscripts

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Microfilms of John Clare manuscripts in Northampton Public Library (Bodleian MSS. Film 2035-2045) and Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery (Bodleian MSS. Film 2046-2055).

There are no catalogues accompanying the microfilms, but indexes are reproduced on MS. Film 2046(Peterborough).

Dates

Creation: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing

Extent

1.0 Linear metres (20 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Film 2036].

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MSS. Film 2035-2055

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 22922

Additional Description

Abstract

Microfilms of John Clare Manuscripts in Northampton Public Library and Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery

Biographical / Historical

John Clare, 1793-1864, was an English poet, farm labourer and naturalist.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased, Collection Development, March 2000.

Bibliography

See the (unauthored) printed Catalogue of the John Clare Collection in the Northamptonshire Public Library (Northampton, 1964);
Margaret Grainger, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Clare Collection in Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery (Peterborough, 1973).