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Diary of Andrew Clark

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Diary of Andrew Clark recording daily impressions of 'such echoes of the Great War as reached the rectory from outside', and containing official bulletins and leaflets, letters, postcards and newspaper cuttings.

Dates

  • Creation: August 1914-December 1919

Extent

4.60 Linear metres (92 boxes)

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. hist. e. 88, fols. 1-2].
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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Eng. hist. e. 88-177c

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 13631

Additional Description

Abstract

Diary of Andrew Clark, Aug. 1914-Dec. 1919, recording daily impressions.

Biographical / Historical

Andrew Clark (1856-1922) was rector of Great Leighs, Essex, and an antiquary.

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. 40229-320.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The diary was given to the Library by Andrew Clark, 1915-1920.

Related Materials

See also:
  1. Newspaper Cuttings Collected by Andrew Clark (MSS. Eng. misc. e. 265-329)
  2. Collections for the History of Jesus College, Oxford, by Rev. Dr. Andrew Clark (MSS. Top. Oxon. e. 142-143, e. 197-199)
  3. Oxford College Collections of Rev. Andrew Clark (MSS. Top. Oxon. d. 96-106, e. 104/1-4, e. 105/1-5, e. 109-115, e. 123/1-23, e. 124/1-16, e. 128-141, f. 22-26)
  4. Essex Collections of Rev. Andrew Clark (MSS. Top. Essex c. 15, e. 6/1-11, e. 7, e, 8/1-6, e. 9/1-3, e. 10/1-3, e. 11/1-13, e. 11/15, e. 12, e. 14-29, e. 29*, e. 30-41, e. 43)
  5. Hertfordshire Notes of Rev. Andrew Clark (MSS. Top. Herts. e. 1-8)

Bibliography

Selections from the diary are published as Echoes of the Great War, ed. James Munson (Oxford, 1985).

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Diary of Andrew Clark
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

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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