Papers of Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers, including:
- Letters to Chambers, 1882-1949
- Letters from W.W. Greg, 1910, 1920-1946
- Letters to and from Kenneth Sisam of the Clarendon Press, 1929-1947
- Lectures, essays, and drafts of unpublished novels and short stories by Chambers, 1888-1901, n.d.
- Personal papers, 1884-1949
- Press cuttings of reviews by Chambers, 1892-1936
- Two exercise books containing lists by Chambers, 1948, of his published books, articles and verse
Dates
- Creation: 1882-1950
Extent
1.87 Linear metres (17 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. c. 717, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. c. 717-719, d. 1097, e. 1129-1131, f. 637-638; Autogr. e. 10-11; Eng. lett. c. 483-486, d. 471-473
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17431
Abstract
Archive of Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers
Biographical / Historical
Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers (1866-1954) was an English scholar. 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. 44724-44741.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library by Chambers's executors in 1955 and his niece in 1960.
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers
- 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
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