Papers of B.H. Hodgson and his wife, including correspondence, diaries and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1819-1917
Extent
1.42 Linear metres (13 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. hist. c. 262, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. hist. c. 262; Hodgson 9-19
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13023
Abstract
Archive of B.H. Hodgson and His Wife
Biographical / Historical
Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894) was an Indian civil servant and orientalist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography. His second wife was Susan Hodgson.
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. 39894-905.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library in 1931.
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of archive of B.H. Hodgson and His Wife
- 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
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