Papers of F.W. Dyer, consisting of:
- Papers, including printed pamphlets, letters and notebooks, relating to Lingualumina, 1876-1906
- Bundles of slips compiled by Dyer for Lingualumina, containing abstractions, classifications, dichotomies and histories of various subjects
- Accounts by Dyer of his inventions, with some personal papers
- Miscellaneous manuscripts and printed items
- Printed pamphlets, mainly on scientific subjects, many annotated by Dyer
Dates
- Creation: 1875-1906
Extent
2.13 Linear metres (39 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. c. 754, fols. 1-2].
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Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. c. 754-756, e. 1246-1280; Eng. lett. d. 478
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12927
Abstract
Archive of F.W. Dyer
Biographical / Historical
Frederick William Dyer (d. 1906) was an inventor.
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. 44989-45027.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library, c.1906.
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of F.W. Dyer
- 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
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