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
- Creation: 1868-1974
Extent
8.09 Linear metres (157 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. c. 708, fols. 1-2].
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
Abstract
Archive of the Dixey Family
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.
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. 44426-44627.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library in 1974 and 1975.
Geographic
Topical
Subject
- Dixey | Frederick Augustus | 1856-1934 | Physiologist (Person)
- Dixey | Harold Giles | 1893-1974 | schoolmaster (Person)
- Dixey | Isabel | d 1916 (Person)
- Dragon School (Organisation)
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Royal Air Force (Organisation)
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of the Dixey Family
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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