Murray's archive include:
- Correspondence
- Papers relating to international affairs
- General political papers
- Academic and literary papers
- Family correspondence
- Personal papers
- Papers of Lady Mary Murray
- Papers of Murray's executors
Dates
- 1837-1960
Extent
61.82 Linear metres (562 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- French
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Gilbert Murray 1, fols. 1-2].
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Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Gilbert Murray 1-568; Gilbert Murray adds. 1-14
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 9275, 12122
Abstract
Archive of Gilbert Murray (1866-1957).
Biographical / Historical
Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) was a classicist and internationalist, and Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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. II, nos. 48476-49060.
A full catalogue is available in the Library.
A full catalogue is available in the Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library in 1958.
Bibliography
The papers were extensively used in Sir Duncan Wilson, Gilbert Murray, O.M. (Oxford, 1988).
- 19th century
- 20th century
- Classical literature -- Study and teaching
- Great Britain -- Politics and Government -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Politics and Government -- 20th century
- International relations
- Murray | George Gilbert Aime | 1866-1957 | classical scholar and internationalist
- Murray | Mary Henrietta | d 1956 | Lady
- Universities and colleges
- University of Oxford
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Gilbert Murray
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk