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Collection
The Abinger Papers
Correspondence and papers of the Godwin and Shelley families, chiefly William Godwin (1756-1836), philosopher and author; with the correspondence and papers of his family, including his wife, the novelist and essayist Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97); daughter, the author Mary Shelley (1797-1851); her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822); and Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley's son Sir Percy Florence Shelley (1819-89), and his wife, Jane, Lady Shelley (d. 1899)
Extents: 206 shelfmarks
Dates:
1780-1937
Collection
Additional Papers of William Gilpin
The collection consists of:
Manuscripts of William Gilpin's published works
Poems and essays not by Gilpin
Letters from William Gilpin (1757-1848) to his wife
Extents: 29 shelfmarks
Dates:
1749-1825
Collection
Archive of Edward Bensly
Archive of Edward Bensly
Extents: 0.47 Linear metres (7 boxes)
Dates:
1882-1936
Collection
Archive of William Beckford
Papers of William Beckford (1760-1844), author
Extents: 17.6 Linear metres (176 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1515-19th cent., n.d.
Collection
Beddoes and Edgeworth family papers
Beddoes and Edgeworth family papers
Extents: 0.66 Linear metres (6 boxes)
Dates:
18th-19th century
Collection
Collections for biographical and bibliographical notices of Oxford Writers
Collections for biographical and bibliographical notices of Oxford Writers from the point where Wood's Athenæ Oxonienses leaves off, to about 1800, with additions to about 1815, written in about 1780-1815 by J. Gutch.
Extents: 0.44 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates:
c.1780-1815
Single Item
Guard-book of letters
Guard-book of letters
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 196
Extents: 205 Leaves
Dates:
17th-20th century
Collection
Heber Manuscripts
Manuscripts collected by Richard Heber, 13th-19th century
Extents: 1.48 linear metres (14 boxes)
Dates:
13th-19th century
Single Item
Letters addressed to Edmund Malone in connexion with his projected edition of Dryden's Prose Works
Letters addressed to Edmund Malone in connexion with his projected edition of Dryden's Prose Works
Shelfmark: MS. Malone 27
Extents: 204 Leaves
Dates:
Written in A.D. 1799-1800
Collection
Letters Collected by William Upcott
Letters Collected by William Upcott
Extents: 0.20 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates:
17th-19th century
Collection
Letters to Joseph Cradock and to J.B. Nichols
Letters to Joseph Cradock (arranged alphabetically, G-M, N-S), 1760-1826; letters to Mrs. Cradock, 1811-15; and the correspondence of John Bowyer Nichols, mainly as Cradock's executor, 1826-8.
Extents: 2 shelfmarks
Dates:
1760-1828
Collection
Montagu Manuscripts
Manuscripts collected by Captain Montagu, 15th-19th century.
Extents: 3.52 linear metres (62 boxes)
Dates:
15th-19th century
Collection
Papers of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) and of his family
The papers of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), statesman and author.
Extents: 63.66 Linear metres (382 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1681-1928 (predominantly 19th century)
Collection
Papers of William Beckford, 1787-1811
The papers consist of correspondence, a commonplace book and an agreement for the purchase by Beckford of a house in Lisbon. The papers relate to Beckford's affairs in Jamaica and Portugal.
Extents: 5 shelfmarks
Dates:
1787-1811
Single Item
Papers relating to Samuel Johnson
Papers relating to Samuel Johnson, 1778-1830
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 62
Extents: 44 Leaves
Dates:
1778-1830
Collection
Shelley Manuscripts and Relics (additions)
Literary notebooks and papers, correspondence and other papers, portraits and relics of Percy and Mary Shelley, with further materials of their family and circle, including earlier and contemporary estate documents of the Shelley family and related families, and later secondary materials.
Extents: 82 shelfmarks and 37 objects
Dates:
1577-1992 (predominantly 18th-20th cent.)
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- 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
- University of Oxford 2
- Beckford | William | 1760-1844 | Author, MP, and Art Collector 1
- Beckford | William | 1760-1844 | author, MP, art collector 1
- Beddoes | Thomas Lovell | 1803-1849 | poet and physiologist 1
- Beddoes | Thomas | 1760-1808 | physician and writer 1
- Bensly | Edward Von Blomberg | 1863-1939 | English Scholar 1
- Bishop | Elizabeth | b 1763 | nee Wollstonecraft 1
- Blome | Richard | bap. 1635, d. 1705 | Cartographer and bookseller 1
- Burton | Robert | 1577-1640 | Author 1
- Cradock | Joseph | 1742-1826 | author 1
- D'Israeli | Isaac | 1766-1848 | Author 1
- Disraeli | Benjamin | 1804-1881 | Earl of Beaconsfield | statesman 1
- Disraeli | Mary Anne | 1792-1872 | nee Evans | 1st Viscountess Beaconsfield | wife of Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield 1
- Drew | Samuel | 1765-1833 | Metaphysical writer 1
- Drummond | William | 1585-1649 | Poet 1
- Ducarel | Andrew Coltee | 1713-1785 | Antiquary 1
- Edgeworth | Maria | 1768-1849 | novelist and children's writer 1
- Fleming | Sir | Daniel | 1633-1701 | Knight | Antiquary, MP 1
- Gilpin | William | 1724-1804 | Clergyman, educationist, biographer and topographer 1
- Gilpin | William | 1757-1848 | Rector of Pulverbatch 1
- Godwin | Mary Jane | 1768-1841 | formerly Clairmont | nee de Vial | translator and bookseller 1
- Godwin | William | 1756-1836 | philosopher and novelist 1
- Godwin | family 1
- Gutch | John | 1746-1831 | clergyman, antiquary, Registrar of Oxford University 1
- Heber | Richard | 1773-1833 | MP, Book Collector, and Classical Scholar 1
- Johnson | Jane | 1798-1884 | nee Cleveland | x Williams | x Hogg 1
- Johnson | Samuel | 1709-1784 | Author and lexicographer 1
- Lawrence | Thomas Edward | 1888-1935 | known as Lawrence of Arabia | soldier, author 1
- Malone | Edmond | 1741-1812 | literary scholar and biographer 1
- Montagu | Montagu | 1787-1863 | Captain RN, Author, and Autograph Collector 1
- Nichols | John Bowyer | 1779-1863 | printer and antiquary 1
- Shakespeare | William | 1564-1616 | Dramatist 1
- Shelley | Jane | d 1899 | nee Gibson | 1st wife of 3rd Baronet | x St. John 1
- Shelley | Sir | Bysshe | 1731-1815 | 1st Baronet 1
- Shelley | Timothy | 1753-1844 | Sir | 2nd Baronet and MP 1
- Shelley | family 1
- Shelley | family | baronets | Castle Goring 1
- Taylor | Jeremy | 1613-1667 | Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore 1
- Upcott | William | 1779-1845 | Antiquary and Autograph Collector 1
- Wollstonecraft | Everina | 1765-1841 1
- Wollstonecraft | Mary | 1759-1797 | later Godwin | novelist and essayist 1
- Wollstonecraft | family 1 ∧ less
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- French 2
- German 1
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
- Italian 2
- Latin 3
- Portuguese 1
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