Dixey Family Papers

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Papers of the Dixey family, mainly of F.A. and H.G. Dixey, consisting of:

Thirty-six volumes of 'The Unique manuscript magazine', begun by H.G. Dixey and his brother Roger as children in 1904, and continued to the former's death in 1974
Journals and diaries, 1911-1914, 1956-1974
Letters from H.G. Dixey while serving on merchant ships, 1913-1915
Five notebooks and a tyescript copy of an account by H.G. Dixey of three years serving with the Royal Air Force in the Middle East, entitled 'Middle age in the Middle East', consisting mainly of extracts from letters to his wife Joan, 1941-1944
Two volumes of drawings by H.G. Dixey to illustrate 'Middle age in the Middle East', 1941-1944
Notebooks containing verse, plays, songs and a short story, 1905-1971
Eighteen Dragon School exercise books containing talks given by H.G. Dixey to boys at the school, 1932-1940, n.d.

Dates

1868-1974

Extent

202 shelfmarks

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. c. 708].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Eng. misc. c. 708-709, d. 872-875, d. 877-884, d. 1082-1092, e. 737-773, e. 775-827, e. 1013-1060, f. 601-602; Eng. lett. c. 475-476, d. 464-466, e. 160-173; Eng. poet. d. 215-219, e. 159-168, f. 37-39

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 13595

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

The Dixey family of Oxford included Frederick Augustus Dixey (1855-1935), Fellow of Wadham College, and his son Harold Giles Dixey (1893-1974), assistant master at the Dragon School. Details of Frederick Augustus Dixey are given in Who Was Who.