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Archive of Sir Edmund Frederick Du Cane and Family

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Papers of Du Cane and his family, including:

  1. Family correspondence, 1838-1903
  2. Papers concerning Du Cane's education and early career, 1837-1903
  3. Miscellaneous papers of the Du Cane family, 1812, 1887-1910
  4. Pocket book of geometry exercises, 1844-1846
  5. Official correspondence and papers of Du Cane as chairman of the board of directors of convict prisons and chairman of the prison commissioners, 1869-1895

Dates

  • Creation: 1837-1910

Extent

0.92 Linear metres (10 boxes)

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. hist. c. 647, fols. 1-2].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Eng. hist. c. 647-650; Eng. lett. c. 313, d. 334-335; Eng. misc. b. 113-114, g. 78

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 12912

Abstract

Archive of Sir Edmund Frederick Du Cane and Family

Biographical / Historical

Sir Edmund Frederick Du Cane (1830-1903), Major General, was a prison reformer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

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. 40036-45.

A fuller description and detailed index are available in the Library and at the National Register of Archives

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were given to the Library in 1973.

Related Materials

See also Papers of Sir Edmund F. Du Cane, (Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. misc. d. 956-958, d. 961).

Title
Catalogue of the archive of Sir Edmund Frederick Du Cane and Family
Status
Published
Author
Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
Date
EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom