Letters to Alexander Souter, mainly from scholars and churchmen, with similar letters to Cuthbert Hamilton Turner, successively Professor of Ecclesiastical History and of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at Oxford.
Dates
- 1892-1947
Extent
21 shelfmarks (2.31 linear metres)
Language of Materials
English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. lett. c. 597].
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Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. lett. c. 597-617
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13908
Biographical / Historical
Alexander Souter (1873-1949) was Professor of New Testament Greek and Exegesis at Oxford, 1903-11, and Professor of Humanity at Aberdeen, 1911-37. Details are given in Who Was Who.
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. I, nos. 41572-92.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The letters were bequeathed to the Library by Souter in 1949.
- Title
- Letters to Alexander Souter
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Emily Tarrant
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk