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The Abinger Papers
Collection
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
Academic papers of Albinia C. de la Mare
Collection
Academic papers of Albinia C. de la Mare (1932-2001), librarian and palaeographer
Extents: 32.1 Linear metres (292 boxes)
Dates:
1930-2007
Additional papers of Bruce Chatwin
Collection
Additional papers of (Charles) Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989), writer
Extents: 5.16 Linear metres (36 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1957-1989; [c. 1895-c. 2017]. Bulk c. 1957-c. 1989
Additional Papers of William Gilpin
Collection
Additional Papers of William Gilpin (1724-1804), and of his son William Gilpin (1757-1848).
Extents: 25 boxes (1.73 linear metres)
Dates:
1749-1825
Album of manuscript verse by Caroline de Crespigny, Thomas Medwin and other contemporary English and German poets, with some original drawings and watercolours
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 11916
Caroline de Crespigny’s album is made up predominantly of original autograph verse by herself, Thomas Medwin and the German poets they encountered and translated. Tipped in, pinned or loosely inserted are also original drawings and watercolours, together with cut-outs and press cuttings, and one music manuscript. As far as it has been possible to establish, her own verses are unpublished. A number of other pieces remain unidentified.
Extents: 1.0 volume
Dates:
1838-1861, n.d.
Amended typescript of Paddington Goes to Town by Michael Bond
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 22073
Amended typescript of Paddington Goes to Town by Michael Bond, c.1968.
Extents: 1 box (2 folders)
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1968-1997; c.1968
Archive of A. Maud Bodkin
Collection
Archive of A. Maud Bodkin
Extents: 0.21 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates:
1928-1967
Archive of Anne Ridler and Vivian Ridler
Collection
Correspondence and papers of the poet and writer Anne Ridler (1912-2001) and her husband Vivian Ridler (1913-2009), printer to the Oxford University Press and founder of Perpetua Press.
Extents: 5.596 Linear metres (81 boxes)
Dates:
1836-2011, n.d.; Majority of material found within 1927 - 2011
Archive of Annette M.B. Meakin
Collection
Archive of Annette M.B. Meakin
Extents: 0.10 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates:
1920-1938
Archive of Anthony Trollope
Collection
Archive of Anthony Trollope, 1815-1882
Extents: 0.33 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates:
1815-1882
Archive of (Arthur) St. John Adcock
Collection
Archive of (Arthur) St. John Adcock
Extents: 4.03 Linear metres (71 boxes)
Dates:
19th-20th century
Archive of Audrey Beecham
Collection
Papers of Audrey Beecham (1915-1989), poet and academic, with a small number of boxes concerning the wider Beecham family.
Extents: 6.70 Linear metres (100 boxes)
Dates:
1845-1988, n.d.
Archive of Barbara Mary Crampton Pym
Collection
Papers of Barbara Mary Crampton Pym (1913-80), novelist.
Extents: 11 Linear metres (178 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1913-1980
Archive of Brian Aldiss
Collection
The archive of the author Brian Wilson Aldiss (1925-2017).
Extents: 12.61 Linear metres (190 boxes)
Dates:
1942-2017
Archive of Candida Lycett Green (1942-2014), author and conservationist
Collection
Archive of Candida Lycett Green (1942-2014), author and conservationist
Extents: 8.9 Linear metres (131 boxes)
Dates:
1879-2016 and n.d. [c.1898-2015]
Archive of Clara Sophie Deneke
Collection
Archive of Clara Sophie Deneke
Extents: 1.70 Linear metres (22 boxes)
Dates:
1882-1969
Archive of Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Collection
Archive of Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Extents: 2.11 Linear metres (29 boxes)
Dates:
1890-1955
Archive of Edward Bensly
Collection
Archive of Edward Bensly
Extents: 0.47 Linear metres (7 boxes)
Dates:
1882-1936
Archive of Edward John Thompson
Collection
Catalogue of the papers of Edward John Thompson.
Extents: 18.0 Linear metres (182 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1886-1946
Archive of Enid Starkie
Collection
Archive of Enid Starkie, literary critic, author and fellow of Somerville College, Oxford.
Extents: 6.55 Linear metres (95 boxes)
Dates:
1879-1985, n.d.