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Guard-book of letters, mainly from writers and musicians

Guard-book of letters, mainly from writers and musicians, 19th-20th century.
Shelfmark: MS. Autogr. d. 30
Extents: 114 Leaves
Dates: 19th-20th century.
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Guard-book of literary manuscripts

Guard-book of literary manuscripts, late 19th-early 20th century
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 2
Extents: 146 Leaves
Dates: late 19th-early 20th cent.
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Guard-book of miscellaneous papers

Guard-book of miscellaneous papers
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 247
Extents: 179 Leaves
Dates: 16th-20th century
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Guardbook containing material relating to Madeleine Henrey

Guardbook containing material relating to Madeleine Henrey
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 317
Extents: 44 Leaves
Dates: 1864, 1948-1981
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Guardbook containing Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer Coghill, 'Song for Hugo'

Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer Coghill, 'Song for Hugo'.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. c. 67, fols. 3-4
Extents: 2 fols.
Dates: 1979
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Guardbook containing three poems by Elizabeth Jennings, with three drawings

Guardbook containing (fols. 5-11) three poems by Elizabeth Jennings [c. 1965], with three drawings, 1963.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. c. 67
Extents: 7 fols.
Dates: 1963- c.1965
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Holograph draft of 'Strife' by John Galsworthy

Holograph draft of 'Strife' by John Galsworthy
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 6
Extents: 152 Leaves
Dates: 1907
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Holograph draft of 'The atom of God' by John Drinkwater

Holograph draft of 'The atom of God' by John Drinkwater
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 11
Extents: 13 Leaves
Dates: 18 Sept. 1923
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Holograph draft of 'The old ladies' by Hugh Walpole

Holograph draft of 'The old ladies' by Hugh Walpole
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 7
Extents: 526 Leaves
Dates: Nov. 1923-Jan. 1924
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Holograph fair copy of 'Youth's funeral' by Rupert Brooke

Holograph fair copy of 'Youth's funeral' by Rupert Brooke
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 1
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: c. 1918
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Holograph poem by Hugo Manning, 'The Thorn and the Lotus'

Holograph poem by Hugo Manning, 'The Thorn and the Lotus', 1976.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 258
Extents: 14 Leaves
Dates: 1976
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Ian Fleming, manuscript of 'Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang', the first two adventures [lacking 'Adventure 3']

Ian Fleming, manuscript of 'Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang', the first two adventures [lacking 'Adventure 3']
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2718
Extents: 74 Leaves
Dates: 1964
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Ian Hamilton, J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life

Ian Hamilton, J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life
Shelfmark: MS. Facs. c. 131
Extents: 358 Leaves
Dates: [1980s], n.d.
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Incomplete copy of 'The silver king' by H. A. Jones and Henry Herman

Incomplete copy of 'The silver king' by H. A. Jones and Henry Herman
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 12
Extents: 264 Leaves
Dates: 1907
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Interview of Philip Larkin with Miriam Gross, with correspondence

Typescript interview of Philip Larkin with Miriam Gross for The Observer, with manuscript corrections by Larkin, and associated correspondence.
Shelfmark: MS. 16084
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1979
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Iris Murdoch, holograph preface to Wendy Campbell-Purdie, Women Against the Desert (London, 1967)

Iris Murdoch, preface to Wendy Campbell-Purdie, Women Against the Desert (London, 1967).
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6859, fols. 12-13
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: n.d. [c. 1967]
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Ivor Treby archive

Correspondence and papers of Ivor Treby, poet, gay literary activist and Michael Field researcher.
Extents: 4.5 linear metres (30 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1884-2012
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J. G. Rideout, 'Byron's reading in English literature', typescript B. Litt. thesis, submitted unsuccessfully, Oxford

J. G. Rideout, 'Byron's reading in English literature', typescript B. Litt. thesis, submitted unsuccessfully, Oxford
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 809
Extents: 204 Leaves
Dates: 1939
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J.G. Edwards, 'The novels of Susan Ferrier considered in relation to the work of some other women novelists of her period', MA thesis, University of Wales

J.G. Edwards, 'The novels of Susan Ferrier considered in relation to the work of some other women novelists of her period', MA thesis, University of Wales
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 444
Extents: 87 Leaves
Dates: 1953
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The John Ryder Archive

Papers and correspondence of John Ryder (1917–2001), book designer, art director, and typographer.
Extents: 156.22 Linear metres (440 boxes)
Dates: Majority of material found within [1548]-2001; [1890]-2001

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20th century 499
Literature 254
English literature -- 20th century 115
English literature 72
19th century 64
Letters 59
Poetry 53
Humanities 29
Literature -- 20th century 27
Poets 27
21st century 26
English poetry -- 20th century 22
English Literature 21
Authors -- 20th century 17
Poems 17
Children's literature 14
Playwriting -- Drama 14
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Manuscripts 12
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Correspondence 11
Novelists -- 20th century 11
18th century 10
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Classical literature 9
Essays 8
Lectures and lecturing 8
Literature -- Translations 8
Novelists 8
17th century 7
Literary criticism 7
16th century 6
Authors -- 19th century 6
Biography 6
War poetry 6
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Authors, English -- 20th century 5
Diaries 5
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Academic writing 4
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German literature 4
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Poets, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 4
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Theater -- England 4
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Bodleian Library 3
Cricket 3
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England -- Television and Film -- 20th century 3
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English poetry -- Women authors 3
Ireland 3
Oxford (England) 3
Poets -- 20th century 3
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Scholars 3
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Art, British -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 2
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Indexed names
Lewis | Clive Staples | 1898-1963 | writer 49
Auden | Wystan Hugh | 1907-1973 | poet and writer 12
Tolkien | John Ronald Reuel | 1892-1973 | philologist and author 10
Blunden | Edmund Charles | 1896-1974 | poet 9
Larkin | Philip Arthur | 1922-1985 | poet 8
Williams | Charles | 1886-1945 | author 7
Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | Poet Laureate 5
Cary | Arthur Joyce Lunel | 1888-1957 | Author 5
Lawrence | Thomas Edward | 1888-1935 | intelligence officer and author 5
Lawrence | Thomas Edward | 1888-1935 | known as Lawrence of Arabia | soldier, author 5
Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist 5
Pym | Barbara Mary Crampton | 1913-1980 | Novelist 5
University of Oxford 5
Benson | Edward Frederic | 1867-1940 | Author 4
Coghill | Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer | 1899-1980 | literary historian 4
Dodds | Eric Robertson | 1893-1979 | classical scholar 4
Dodgson | Edward Spencer | 1857-1922 | Bascologist 4
Grahame | Kenneth | 1859-1932 | writer and secretary of the Bank of England 4
Greene | Henry Graham | 1904-1991 | novelist 4
MacNeice | Frederick Louis | 1907-1963 | poet and playwright 4
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Mare | Walter John de la | 1873-1956 | author and poet 4
Sayers | Dorothy Leigh | 1893-1957 | playwright, author and humanist 4
Spender | Sir | Stephen Harold | 1909-1995 | Knight | poet 4
Amis | Sir | Kingsley William | 1922-1995 | Knight | novelist and literary critic 3
Chambers | Edmund Kerchever | 1866-1954 | Sir | Knight and English Scholar 3
Chapman | Robert William | 1881-1960 | English Scholar and Editor 3
Clark | Andrew | 1854-1922 | Clergyman and Antiquary 3
Coppard | Alfred Edgar | 1878-1957 | writer 3
Hooper | Walter McGehee | 1931-2020 | literary advisor 3
Lambert | Catherine | nee Read | b. 1918 | vocal coach 3
Lambert | Jack Walter | 1917-1985 | literary critic and editor 3
Lewis| Clive Staples | 1898-1963 | writer 3
Murdoch | Dame | Iris | 1919-1999 | novelist and philosopher 3
Pitter | Ruth | 1897-1992 | poet 3
Poynton | Arthur Blackburne | 1867-1944 | Greek scholar 3
Wain | John Barrington | 1925-1994 | writer and poet 3
Aldiss | Brian Wilson | 1925-2017 | writer 2
Aldwinkle | Stella | fl 1954 2
Alighieri | Dante | 1265-1321 | poet 2
Barfield | Owen | 1898-1997 | author and poet 2
Beddoes | Thomas Lovell | 1803-1849 | poet and physiologist 2
Belloc | Joseph Hilaire Pierre | 1870-1953 | writer and historian 2
Betjeman | Sir | John | 1906-1984 | Knight | Poet Laureate and writer 2
Bladen | Peter | 1922-2001 | Poet 2
Bridges | Mary Monica | 1863-1949 | née Waterhouse | wife of Robert Bridges 2
Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | poet laureate 2
Coles | Jenny | nee Joseph | 1932-2018 | writer 2
Cornwell | David John Moore | 1931-2020 | writer, pseudonym John le Carré 2
Deneke | Helena Clara | 1878-1973 | German scholar 2
Dodds | Annie Edwards | 1886/7–1973 | née Powell | lecturer in English at Reading University 2
Gibson | Wilfrid Wilson | 1878-1962 | Georgian poet 2
Gosse | Sir | Edmund William | 1849-1928 | Knight | poet, biographer and literary critic 2
Grahame (née Thomson) | Elspeth | 1862–1946 2
Grahame | Elspeth S | 1862-1946 2
Greene | Vivien | 1904-2003 | collector 2
Hardie | Frank Martin | fl. 1926-1977 | author 2
Heaney | Seamus | 1939-2013 | Poet and Lecturer 2
Henrey | Madeleine (Mrs Robert Henrey) | 13 Aug. 1906–25 April 2004 | authoress 2
Hermogenes | 161-180 | of Tarsus, Greek rhetorician 2
Hewitt | William Graily | 1864-1952 | Novelist and calligrapher 2
Jennings | Elizabeth Joan | 1926-2001 | poet 2
Kennedy | Ludovic Henry Coverley | b 1919 | Writer and Broadcaster 2
Lewis | Cecil | Day- | 1904-1972 | poet and novelist 2
Montgomery | Robert Bruce | 1921-1978 | Composer and writer as Edmund Crispin 2
Moore | Edward | 1835-1916 | Principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford 2
Needham | Rodney | 1923-2006 | Anthropologist 2
Newman | John Henry | 1801-1890 | theologian and cardinal 2
Oxford University Writers' Club. 2
Sassoon | Siegfried | 1886-1967 | poet 2
Shakespeare | William | 1564-1616 | Dramatist 2
Shelley | Mary Wollstonecraft | 1797-1851 | née Godwin | writer 2
Shelley | Percy Bysshe | 1792-1822 | poet 2
Shelley | Sir | Percy Florence | 1819-1889 | 3rd Baronet 2
Spender | Natasha | 1919-2010 | née Litvin | concert pianist 2
Stallworthy | Jon (Howie) | 1935-2014 | poet and literary critic 2
Streatfeild | Mary Noel | 1895-1986 | author 2
Swinburne | Algernon Charles | 1837-1909 | poet 2
Trollope | Anthony | 1815-1882 | novelist 2
Wells | Herbert George | 1866-1946 | novelist 2
Wordsworth | Christopher | fl. 1910 2
de la Mare | Walter | 1873-1956 | author and poet 2
Abbo of Fleury | ? 945-1004 | French monk 1
Abbott | Claude Colleer |17 April 1889–17 Sept. 1971 | Professor of English Language and Literature in the University of Durham, 1932–54, Emeritus Professor, 1954 1
Acland | Sarah Angelina | 1849-1930 | Fellow of Royal Photographic Society and Royal Society of Arts 1
Adams | Richard George | 1920-2016 | Author 1
Adcock | Arthur St John | 1864-1930 | Novelist 1
Adcock | Marion L | fl 1879-1890 1
Algarotti | Francesco | 1712-1764 | Poet and scholar 1
Amis | Martin Louis | b 1949 | author 1
Anderson | J G C | fl 1901 1
Aristotle | 384-322 BC | Greek philosopher 1
Armiger | Miles Christian | fl. 20th century 1
Ashbaugh | Dennis | 1946- | Artist 1
Aubrey | John | 1626-1697 | antiquary and biographer 1
Ault | Norman | 1880-1950 | Author and Artist 1
Austen | Jane | 1775-1817 | Novelist 1
Balcon | Jill Angela Henriette | 1925-2009 | actress and broadcaster 1
Balliol | John | 1249-1314 | King of Scots 1292-1296 1
Barea | Ilsa | 1902-1973 | nee Pollak | Austrian writer and translator 1
Bayley | John Oliver | 1925-2015 | literary critic and novelist 1
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Language
English 488
French 16
German 13
Latin 12
Italian 8
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 7
Spanish; Castilian 5
Dutch; Flemish 4
Danish 3
Russian 3
Basque 2
Chinese 2
Czech 2
Greek, Modern (1453-) 2
Japanese 2
Polish 2
Welsh 2
Afrikaans 1
Finnish 1
Hebrew 1