Correspondence and papers of Herbert Davis, including correspondence relating to his edition of the works of Jonathan Swift and to the Oxford University Press series of 'Oxford English Novels'.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-67
Extent
1.21 Linear metres (11 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. lett. c. 521, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. lett. c. 521-7; Eng. misc. c. 786-9
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13563
Abstract
Archive of Herbert Davis
Biographical / Historical
Herbert John Davis (1893-1967) was Reader in Textual Criticism at Oxford University. 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. 41471-81.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were bequaethed to the Library by Herbert Davis in 1967.
Topical
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Herbert Davis
- 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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