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20th century 4876

19th century 1137

Humanities 496

Ornithology 385

Letters 322

18th century 313

Music 310

Birds 307

Literature 262

17th century 219

21st century 214

Oxfordshire (England) 153

Religion 145

Music -- Manuscripts -- 20th century 142

Letters -- 20th century 135

Poetry 128

16th century 127

English literature -- 20th century 122

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century 122

Church records and registers 119

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Local history 97

Correspondence 95

Composers -- England -- Manuscripts 93

English literature 90

Photographs 90

Oxford (England) 85

University of Oxford -- Examinations -- Music 74

University of Oxford -- Societies, etc. 74

Diaries 68

English poetry -- 20th century 64

Poets 64

Diaries -- 20th century 62

History 62

Science 62

Parishes -- England -- Oxfordshire 54

World War, 1914-1918 52

Genealogy 50

Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration 50

Philosophy 47

Antiquarians 46

Authors -- 20th century 45

Parish churches -- England -- Oxfordshire 43

Manuscripts 39

Songs with piano 37

India 36

Politics and Government 36

Lectures and lecturing 35

Nigeria -- Officials and employees 35

University of Oxford 35

Diaries -- 19th century 34

Authors 33

English poetry 33

Parishes -- England 33

Social sciences 32

English Literature 31

Poetry -- 20th century 31

Theology 31

World War, 1939-1945 31

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century 30

Universities and colleges 30

Biography 29

Journalism 29

Literature -- 20th century 29

Piano music 29

Science -- History -- 20th century 29

x - 15th century 29

Africa 27

Autobiography 27

Bodleian Library 26

Poems 26

Speeches, addresses, etc. 26

Art 25

Colonial administrators 25

Medicine 25

Berkshire (England) 24

Education 24

Kenya -- History -- 1895-1963 24

Orchestral music 24

Conservative Party (Great Britain) 23

Essays 23

Library catalogs 23

Academic writing 22

Novelists 22

Novelists -- 20th century 22

Photography 22

South Africa 22

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

14th century 21

Great Britain -- Politics and Government -- 20th century 21

Historians 21

Playwriting -- Drama 21

Bibliography 20

Essex (England) 20

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

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

University of Oxford -- Intellectual life 20

Dissertations, Academic 19

Political planning 19

Colonial administrators -- Nigeria 18

Great Britain -- Topography 18

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Indexed names

Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service 106

University of Oxford 99

Church of England 77

Lewis | Clive Staples | 1898-1963 | writer 74

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

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

Bodleian Library 23

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 18

Larkin | Philip Arthur | 1922-1985 | poet 18

Harris | C. G | Oxfordshire Family History Society 17

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lambeth Palace Library 5

Liberal Party 5

Lugard | Frederick John Dealtry | 1858-1945 | Baron Lugard of Abinger | colonial administrator, soldier and author 5

Mandela | Nelson Rolihlahla | 1918-2013 | statesman and philanthropist 5

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Language

English 4710

Latin 163

French 152

German 150

Italian 72

Spanish; Castilian 40

Russian 32

Dutch; Flemish 28

Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 27

Undetermined 23

Greek, Modern (1453-) 22

Chinese 20

Arabic 16

Portuguese 16

Polish 15

Welsh 15

Afrikaans 14

Hebrew 13

Swedish 13

Danish 11

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Hungarian 11

Japanese 11

Czech 10

Norwegian 9

Croatian 7

Basque 4

Finnish 4

Irish 4

Persian 4

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan 4

Catalan; Valencian 3

English, Middle (1100-1500) 3

Swahili 3

Turkish 3

Amharic 2

Bengali 2

Esperanto 2

Estonian 2

Hindi 2

Malay 2

Maltese 2

Multiple languages 2

Thai 2

No linguistic content; Not applicable 2

English, Old (ca.450-1100) 1

Armenian 1

Burmese 1

Coptic 1

Dzongkha 1

Egyptian (Ancient) 1

Georgian 1

Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 1

Hausa 1

Icelandic 1

Korean 1

Latvian 1

Malagasy 1

Panjabi; Punjabi 1

Pushto; Pashto 1

Romansh 1

Romany 1

Sanskrit 1

Scots 1

Slovenian 1

Serbian 1

Syriac 1

Tamil 1

Xhosa 1

Yiddish 1

Zulu 1

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