Collections for a history of the family of Wharton, compiled by Edward Ross Wharton. The papers fall into two series: 'Collections', i.e. copies or abstracts of records of all kinds (with references to the record and notes), and 'History', i.e. annals, not a connected history in literary form: the first six volumes have each a list of contents, and the collection is the result of a vast amount of accurate and extended research by a person qualified to discriminate the worth of the documents.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1896
Extent
1.54 Linear metres (14 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Wharton 1, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Wharton 1-15
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13466
Abstract
Wharton Manuscripts
Biographical / Historical
Edward Ross Wharton (1844-96), Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, was a philologer and genealogist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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. VI, nos. 32765-32779.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The volumes were deposited in the library by Mrs. Wharton from Jan. 1897 till July 8, 1898, and after her death presented by her executors on May 12, 1899, on condition that they should be kept separate as 'the Wharton MSS.' and that Cyril Leonard Wharton or Charles Courtenay Wharton, the compiler's nephews, should be allowed to borrow them (see papers pasted in the handlist of the MSS.).
Bibliography
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Wharton Manuscripts
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description and EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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