Papers of (Arthur) St. John Adcock, including:
- Correspondence, 1885-1930
- Manuscript and typescript, verse, plays, short stories, essays, articles and reviews, and lectures, 1882-1930
- Notebooks containing cuttings, from newspapers and periodicals, of verse, short stories and articles, 1882-1910
- Journal, January 1885-June 1886, consisting mainly of notes on books read and on literary matters
- Notebooks containing verse, notes and drafts of short stories and essays
- Album of Marion L. Taylor (later Mrs St. John Adcock), containing photographs, greetings cards and press cuttings, c. 1879-1890
Dates
- Creation: 19th-20th century
Extent
4.03 Linear metres (71 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. c. 710, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. c. 710-713, d. 1093-1095, e. 1061-1124, f. 627-636, g. 210-211; Eng. lett. c. 477-478, d. 470; Eng. poet. c. 69-70, e. 169-171
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13534
Abstract
Archive of (Arthur) St. John Adcock
Biographical / Historical
(Arthur) St. John Adcock (1864-1930) was a novelist and journalist. Details 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. 44628-44718.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library by Adcock's daughter in 1974, along with MS. Eng. misc. b. 247.
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of (Arthur) St. John Adcock
- 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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