Papers received by dr. John Collier Jones as Vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford
Single Item
MS. Top. Oxon b. 23
Papers received by dr. John Collier Jones as Vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford 1828-1832, with a few earlier and later, in chronological order. These papers cannot be described summarily, being of the most varied description:
- accounts,
- tables,
- arrangements for public functions,
- letters from the Chancellor and other officials,
- private communications from graduate members of the University, parents of undergraduates and the like,
- draft addresses,
- notes by the Vice-chancellor, etc.
At fol. 3b are some papers relating to the royal banquet in the Radcliffe library in 1814.
Foliated to '694'.
Foliated to '694'.
Dates
- written in A.D. 1814, 1827-1835
Extent
828 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Oxon b. 23, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Top. Oxon b. 23
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20302
Abstract
Papers received by dr. John Collier Jones as Vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, written in A.D. 1814, 1827-1835.
Biographical / Historical
John Collier Jones (1770-1838) was an academic administrator at the University of Oxford.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 29867.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was presented to the Library on March 15, 1888, by dr. W. W. Jackson, rector of Exeter college, having been part of a mass of papers found in an old trunk belonging to dr. Jones in the rector's house. About 130 of the papers came from the same source in Jan. 1889.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
15 × 10 in.
- Title
- Papers received by dr. John Collier Jones as Vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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