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20th century 4924

19th century 1141

Humanities 544

Ornithology 385

Letters 323

18th century 314

Music 310

Birds 307

Literature 271

21st century 225

17th century 220

Oxfordshire (England) 154

Religion 145

Music -- Manuscripts -- 20th century 142

Letters -- 20th century 141

Poetry 130

16th century 128

English literature -- 20th century 124

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century 121

Church records and registers 119

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English literature 110

Local history 97

Correspondence 96

Composers -- England -- Manuscripts 93

Photographs 93

Oxford (England) 85

History 78

University of Oxford -- Societies, etc. 76

University of Oxford -- Examinations -- Music 74

Diaries 69

English poetry -- 20th century 66

Poets 66

Diaries -- 20th century 63

Science 63

Parishes -- England -- Oxfordshire 54

World War, 1914-1918 54

Authors -- 20th century 50

Genealogy 50

Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration 50

Philosophy 48

Antiquarians 46

Parish churches -- England -- Oxfordshire 43

University of Oxford 41

Manuscripts 39

Authors 38

Politics and Government 37

Songs with piano 37

India 36

Lectures and lecturing 36

Diaries -- 19th century 35

English poetry 35

Nigeria -- Officials and employees 35

Social sciences 35

Parishes -- England 33

World War, 1939-1945 33

Theology 32

Poetry -- 20th century 31

Universities and colleges 31

Biography 30

English Literature 30

Journalism 30

Literature -- 20th century 30

Africa 29

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century 29

Piano music 29

Science -- History -- 20th century 29

x - 15th century 29

Art 27

Autobiography 27

Colonial administrators 27

Bodleian Library 26

Poems 26

Speeches, addresses, etc. 26

Berkshire (England) 25

Medicine 25

Education 24

Kenya -- History -- 1895-1963 24

Novelists -- 20th century 24

Orchestral music 24

Conservative Party (Great Britain) 23

Essays 23

Library catalogs 23

Novelists 23

Photography 23

Academic writing 22

Great Britain -- Politics and Government -- 20th century 22

Historians 22

South Africa 22

Universities and colleges -- England -- Oxford -- Societies 22

14th century 21

Playwriting -- Drama 21

University of Oxford -- Intellectual life 21

Bibliography 20

Essex (England) 20

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st century 20

Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th Century 20

Dissertations, Academic 19

Political planning 19

Publishers and publishing 19

Authors, English -- 20th century 18

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Indexed names

Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service 106

University of Oxford 102

Church of England 77

Lewis | Clive Staples | 1898-1963 | writer 75

Conservative Party 64

Clark | Andrew | 1854-1922 | Clergyman and Antiquary 39

Conservative Party | Conservative Central Office 37

Goadby | Frank Reginald Lindsay | 1899-1985 | Brigadier Historian of Standlake 36

United Nations 32

Bodleian Library 24

Lawrence | Thomas Edward | 1888-1935 | Soldier, Author, and Archaeologist known as Lawrence of Arabia 24

Rhodes | Cecil John | 1853-1902 | imperialist, colonial politician and mining entrepreneur 23

Conservative Party | professional headquarters 22

Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist 22

Bryce | James | 1838-1922 | Viscount Bryce | jurist, historian and politician 21

Blunden | Edmund Charles | 1896-1974 | poet 19

Larkin | Philip Arthur | 1922-1985 | poet 18

Mare | Walter John de la | 1873-1956 | author and poet 18

Harris | C. G | Oxfordshire Family History Society 17

Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | Poet Laureate 15

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Asquith | Herbert Henry | 1852-1928 | 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith | statesman 14

Auden | Wystan Hugh | 1907-1973 | poet and writer 14

Butterworth | George Sainton Kaye | 1885-1916 | composer and folk song collector 14

Oxfam GB 13

Williams | Charles Walter Stansby | 1886-1945 | author 13

Tolkien | John Ronald Reuel | 1892-1973 | philologist and author 12

Asquith | Margaret Emma Alice (Margot) | 1864-1945 | née Tennant | Countess of Oxford and Asquith | political hostess and diarist 11

Conservative Party | Conservative Research Department 11

Conservative Party | National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations 11

Dodds | Eric Robertson | 1893-1979 | classical scholar 11

Gibson | Strickland | 1877-1958 | Librarian and Bibliographer 11

Labour Party 11

Madan | Falconer | 1851-1935 | Bodley's Librarian, palaeographer and bibliographer 11

Finzi | Gerald Raphael | 1901-1956 | composer 10

Ker | Neil Ripley | 1908-1982 | palaeographer and bibliographer 10

Hodgkin | Dorothy Mary Crowfoot | 1910-1994 | nee Crowfoot | chemist 9

Oxford University Dramatic Society 9

Salter | Herbert Edward | 1863-1951 | Historian 9

Attlee | Clement Richard | 1883-1967 | 1st Earl Attlee | politician and prime minister 8

Cary | Arthur Joyce Lunel | 1888-1957 | Author 8

Chapman | Robert William | 1881-1960 | English Scholar and Editor 8

Collingwood | Robin George | 1889-1943 | philosopher and historian 8

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 8

Milner | Alfred | 1854-1925 | Viscount Milner | statesman 8

Sadler | Sir | Michael Ernest | 1861-1943 | Knight | educational pioneer and art patron 8

University of Oxford | Christ Church 8

Anderson | Ava | 1896-1974 | née Bodley | wife of Viscount Waverley 7

Betjeman | Sir | John | 1906-1984 | Knight | Poet Laureate and writer 7

British South Africa Company 7

Coghill | Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer | 1899-1980 | literary historian 7

Fairbank | Alfred John | 1895-1982 | calligrapher 7

Hailey | William Malcolm | 1872-1969 | 1st Baron Hailey 7

Jennings | Elizabeth Joan | 1926-2001 | poet 7

MacNeice | Frederick Louis | 1907-1963 | poet and playwright 7

Murdoch | Dame | Iris | 1919-1999 | novelist and philosopher 7

Sayers | Dorothy Leigh | 1893-1957 | playwright, author and humanist 7

Skinner | Martyn | 1906-1993 | Poet 7

United Nations Career Records Project | 1989-1992 7

Warner | Stephen Alfred | fl. 1907-1948 | Antiquary 7

Wellesz | Egon | 1885-1974 | composer, lecturer 7

Aristotle | 384-322 BC | Greek philosopher 6

Church Missionary Society 6

Conservative Party | Conservative Political Centre 6

Conservative Party | affiliated organisations 6

Conservative Party | parliamentary party 6

Dodgson | Edward Spencer | 1857-1922 | Bascologist 6

Eliot | Thomas Stearns | 1888-1965 | poet 6

Farrer | Austin Marsden | 1904-1968 | philosopher and theologian 6

Flecker | Herman James Elroy | 1884-1915 | poet and playwright 6

Oxford University 6

Oxford University Scout and Guide Group 6

Pitter | Ruth | 1897-1992 | poet 6

Pym | Barbara Mary Crampton | 1913-1980 | Novelist 6

Spender | Sir | Stephen Harold | 1909-1995 | Knight | poet 6

Starkie | Enid | 1897-1970 | scholar 6

Thwaite | Ann Barbara | 1932 | née Harrop | biographer 6

University of Oxford | Jesus College 6

University of Oxford | Sir William Dunn School of Pathology x Dunn School 6

Walker | Ernest | 1870-1949 | author, pianist, and composer 6

Williams | Ralph | Vaughan | 1872-1958 | composer 6

Austin | John Langshaw | 1911-1960 | philosopher 5

Bartholdy | Jacob Ludwig Felix | Mendelssohn- | 1809-1847 | composer 5

Berlin | Sir | Isaiah | 1909-1997 | Knight | historian and philosopher 5

Conservative Party | Conservative Campaign Headquarters 5

Conservative Party | Conservatives in the European Parliament 5

Conservative Party | Swinton College 5

Coppard | Alfred Edgar | 1878-1957 | writer 5

Cornwell | David John Moore | 1931-2020 | writer, pseudonym John le Carré 5

Deneke | Margaret Clara Adèle | 1882-1969 | author and musicologist 5

Disraeli | Benjamin | 1804-1881 | Earl of Beaconsfield | statesman 5

Elgar | Sir | Edward William | 1857-1934 | Baronet | composer 5

Federation of University Conservative and Unionist Associations 5

Fisher | Herbert Albert Laurens | 1865-1940 | historian and statesman 5

Gladstone | William Ewart | 1809-1898 | statesman 5

Grahame | Kenneth | 1859-1932 | writer and secretary of the Bank of England 5

Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Foreign Office 5

Great Britain | Colonial Office 5

Hooper | Walter McGehee | 1931-2020 | literary advisor 5

Kafka | Franz | 1883-1924 | Writer 5

Lambert | Jack Walter | 1917-1985 | literary critic and editor 5

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Language

English 4759

Latin 168

German 157

French 155

Italian 77

Spanish; Castilian 43

Russian 33

Dutch; Flemish 30

Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 28

Greek, Modern (1453-) 24

Undetermined 23

Chinese 20

Portuguese 18

Arabic 17

Polish 17

Welsh 16

Swedish 15

Afrikaans 14

Danish 13

Hebrew 13

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Hungarian 13

Japanese 11

Norwegian 11

Czech 10

Croatian 8

Irish 5

Persian 5

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan 5

Basque 4

English, Middle (1100-1500) 4

Finnish 4

Turkish 4

No linguistic content; Not applicable 4

Catalan; Valencian 3

Swahili 3

Amharic 2

English, Old (ca.450-1100) 2

Bengali 2

Esperanto 2

Estonian 2

Hindi 2

Icelandic 2

Malay 2

Maltese 2

Multiple languages 2

Slovak 2

Slovenian 2

Serbian 2

Thai 2

Albanian 1

Armenian 1

Bulgarian 1

Burmese 1

Celtic languages 1

Coptic 1

Dzongkha 1

Egyptian (Ancient) 1

Georgian 1

Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 1

Hausa 1

Kalaallisut; Greenlandic 1

Korean 1

Latvian 1

Malagasy 1

Panjabi; Punjabi 1

Pushto; Pashto 1

Romansh 1

Romany 1

Sanskrit 1

Scots 1

Slavic languages 1

Syriac 1

Tamil 1

Xhosa 1

Yiddish 1

Zulu 1

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