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19th century 199
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English literature 4
Germany -- Description and travel 4
Ireland 4
Music 4
Oxfordshire (England) 4
Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel 4
Sermons 4
Social sciences 4
Theology 4
Turkey 4
World War, 1939-1945 4
Accounts 3
Africa -- Description and travel 3
Art 3
Artists 3
Austria -- Description and travel 3
Authors 3
Authors -- 19th century 3
Biography 3
Colonial administrators 3
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England -- Description and travel -- 1801-1900 3
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Great Britain -- Army 3
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Great Britain -- Topography 3
Greece 3
Journalists -- 20th century 3
Manuscripts 3
Netherlands 3
Norway 3
Oxford (England) -- History 3
Painting 3
Photograph albums 3
Poetry -- 20th century 3
Poets 3
Politics and Government 3
Portugal -- Description and travel 3
Royal family 3
Russia 3
Russia -- Description and travel 3
Switzerland -- Description and travel -- 19th century 3
Travel -- 19th century 3
Turkey -- Description and travel 3
University of Oxford 3
Weather -- England -- History 3
World War, 1914-1918 -- Diaries 3
x - 15th century 3
Africa -- Officials and employees 2
Anthropology 2
Indexed names
Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service 6
Senior | Nassau William | 1790-1864 | Economist 3
University of Oxford 3
Asquith | Herbert Henry | 1852-1928 | 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith | statesman 2
Atkinson | James B | fl 1925-1985 | member of the World Council of Churches 2
Eton College 2
Harcourt | Edward William | 1825-1891 | politician 2
Harcourt | Family | Nuneham Courtenay 2
Harcourt | Family | Stanton Harcourt 2
Harcourt | Lewis Vernon | 1863-1922 | 1st Viscount Harcourt | politician 2
Hay | Sir | Robert Hay | Drummond- | 1846-1926 | Knight | Diplomat 2
Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror 2
Labour Party 2
Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher 2
Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist 2
Popplewell | Geoffrey Douglas | b 1904 | District Officer Colonial Government 2
Sadler | Sir | Michael Ernest | 1861-1943 | Knight | educational pioneer and art patron 2
Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian 2
Spalding | Philip Anthony | 1911-1989 | writer 2
Thompson | James Matthew | 1878-1956 | Historian and Theologian 2
Thompson | Theodosia | 1892-1970 | Wife of Edward Thompson 2
University of Cambridge 2
World Council of Churches 2
Acworth | Harriet Garland | d 1846 | nee Miller | wife of William Acworth 1
Acworth | William | 1803-1899 | Evangelical clergyman 1
Addison | Beatrice Dorothy | d 1982 | 2nd wife of 1st Viscount Addison 1
Addison | Christopher | 1869-1951 | 1st Viscount Addison | statesman 1
Ainslie-Williams | family 1
Alexander | Marjorie Eugene | b 1913 | pianist 1
Ambrose | W Gerald | fl 1900 | Travelling Commissioner in Southern Nigeria 1
Anderson | Ava | 1896-1974 | née Bodley | wife of Viscount Waverley 1
Anderson | John | 1882-1958 | 1st Viscount Waverley | civil servant 1
Anderson | Sir | George | 1877-1943 | educationalist 1
Araquistain | Luis | 1856-1959 | Spanish statesman 1
Armstrong | Edward Allworthy | 1900-1978 | ornithologist, priest 1
Ashburnham | Bertrum | 1797-1878 | 4th Earl of Ashburnham 1
Asquith | family 1
Astor | Francis David Langhorne | 1912-2001 | newspaper editor and philanthropist 1
Astor | Nancy Witcher | 1879-1964 | née Langhorne | society hostess, politician and wife of 2nd Viscount Astor 1
Astor | family 1
Bacon | Francis D'Arcy | fl. 1823-1825 1
Baker | Caroline Julia | 1828-1836 1
Baker | George | 1794-1859 | colonel 1
Baker | Thomas | fl 1677-1685 | British consul at Tripoli 1
Bandinel | family 1
Barrow | John | 1808-1898 | Lieutenant Colonel 1
Barrow | William | Naval Officer 1
Batty | Beatrice | 1833-1933 | novelist, diarist, and author known as Beatrice Stebbing 1
Bayley | Elizabeth S | fl. 1890 1
Baynes | Emma Katherine | d 1935 | nee Bigwood 1
Baynes | Emma Katherine | fl 1862-1935 1
Baynes | Norman Hepburn | 1877-1961 | historian 1
Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist 1
Beer | Esmond Samuel de | 1895-1990 | Historical Scholar and Editor 1
Behn | Aphra | 1640-1689 | poet and dramatist 1
Bennet | William | 1746-1820 | Bishop of Cloyne and antiquary 1
Bennett | Alan | b 1934 | author and playwright 1
Bennett | James Robert Sterndale | 1847-1928 | maths and music teacher 1
Bennett | Sir | William Sterndale | 1816–1875 | Knight | composer 1
Benson | Samuel | 1799-1881 | Anglican clergyman, author vicar of St Saviour's, Southwark 1
Bentley | Anne | fl 1884-1898 1
Bentley | Edmund Clerihew | 1875-1956 | Writer 1
Bentley | George | 1828-1895 | Publisher and Author 1
Bentley | Lucy | fl 1936 1
Bentley | Richard | 1794-1871 | Publisher 1
Bentley | Richard | 1854-1936 | Publisher 1
Birch | James Wheeler Woodford | 1826-1875 | Resident in Perak 1
Birch | Sir | Ernest Woodford | 1857-1929 | Knight | Colonial Governor 1
Bishop | Elizabeth | b 1763 | nee Wollstonecraft 1
Blagrave | Anthony | fl 1651-1653 | Gentleman, Sonning 1
Blunt | Wilfrid Scawen | 1840-1922 | poet and writer 1
Bodley | John Edward Courtenay | 1853-1925 | Civil Servant and Historian 1
Bodley | John | 1922-1944 1
Bodley | Miles | 1921-1944 1
Bollaert | William | 1807-1876 | Author and explorer 1
Bonham Carter | family 1
Boscawen | Frances | 1719-1805 | Diarist 1
Bowen | Aylwin | fl. 1918-1950 | writer and printer 1
Boyd | Alan Tindal Lennox- | 1904-1983 | 1st Viscount Boyd 1
Boys | Family | of Betteshanger 1
Boys | Jefferay | c1643-1703 | of Betteshanger, Kent 1
Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral 1
Bradley | Meta | fl 1879-1884 1
Brinckman | Mary Alice | 1826-1901 1
British Museum 1
British Red Cross 1
Brown | Edna | fl 1935-6 | nee Young | wife of Philip Anthony Spalding 1
Bruce | Robert | 1829-1908 | Congregational Minister 1
Brydges | Samuel Egerton | 1762-1837 | 13th Baron Chandos | Writer and genealogist 1
Bullard | Antonia | fl 1974-1975 1
Bulwer-Lytton | Rosina Doyle | 1802-1882 | wife of 1st Baron Lytton | novelist 1
Bunsen | Berta Mary de | 1869-1954 | née Lowry-Corry 1
Bunsen | Elizabeth de | d 1903 | née Gurney 1
Bunsen | Sir | Maurice William Ernest de | 1852-1932 | 1st Baronet | diplomat 1
Butler | Alfred Joshua | 1850-1936 | historian 1
Butler | Rohan D'Olier | 1917-1996 | historian and civil servant 1
Butler | Sir | Harold Beresford | 1883-1951 | civil servant 1
Butterworth | George Sainton Kaye | 1885-1916 | composer and folk song collector 1
Butterworth | Sir | Alexander Kaye | 1854-1946 | Knight | railway manager 1
Byng | John | 1743-1813 | 5th Viscount Torrington 1

An 18th- or early 19th-cent. copy of the journal of Francis Tallents

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 115
An 18th- or early 19th-cent. copy of the journal of Francis Tallents
Extents: 343 Leaves
Dates: 18th- or early 19th-century

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

Account by R. E. Clarke of a visit to Spain and Portugal

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 622
Account by R. E. Clarke of a visit to Spain and Portugal
Extents: 310 Leaves
Dates: 1848

Account in journal form of the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade in India, 1857-64, compiled by Henry Ellis

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 795
Account in journal form of the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade in India, 1857-64, compiled by Henry Ellis
Extents: 82 Leaves
Dates: 1857-1864

Accounts and diary of sir John North etc.

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Add. C. 193
Accounts and diary of sir John North etc.
Extents: 93 Leaves
Dates: Written in A.D. 1575-1589 in three hands

Additional Papers of Edward Allworthy Armstrong

 Collection
Additional papers of Edward Allworthy Armstrong (1900-1978), clergyman and ornithologist
Extents: 2.36 Linear metres (16 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1916-1990; 1916-1990, 2003-2011

Additional papers of Edward Max Nicholson

 Collection
Additional papers of Edward Max Nicholson (1904-2003), ornithologist
Extents: 1.76 Linear metres (10 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1918-2002; 1918-2002, 2009

Additional papers of Sir William Harcourt and Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, with other papers of Mary Ethel Harcourt, Viscountess Harcourt, and Edward William Harcourt

 Collection
The additional Harcourt papers consist of papers of Sir William Harcourt, 1832-1904, n.d.; papers of Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, 1870-1929, n.d.; papers of Mary Ethel Harcourt, Viscountess Harcourt, 1885-1950, n.d.; and papers of Edward William Harcourt, 1842-1891
Extents: 37.62 Linear metres (342 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1832-1950, n.d.

Album relating to Wroxton Abbey with two papal bulls

 Collection
Album relating to Wroxton Abbey with two papal bulls
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1839-1913

An anonymous account of a tour from London to the Lake District

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 11501
An anonymous account of a tour from London to the Lake District, Jul - Aug 1813
Extents: 2 Volumes
Dates: Jul - Aug 1813

Anonymous diary mainly recording the weather in the Isle of Man and Ireland

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. f. 557
Anonymous diary mainly recording the weather in the Isle of Man and Ireland
Extents: 48 Leaves
Dates: 1790-1792

Anonymous diary of young woman travelling in Germany

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 19763
Anonymous diary of a young woman travelling in Germany.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 15 May - 5 Sep 1895

Anonymous fishing journal

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 89
Anonymous fishing journal
Extents: 56 Leaves
Dates: June 1830-Feb 1831

Archive of Alan Bennett

 Collection
Diaries, scripts, short stories, articles, theatre programmes, audio-visual material, objects and original box labels and folders.
Extents: 15 Linear metres (231 boxes)
Dates: 1817-c.2010 and n.d. [prehistoric]; Majority of material found within 1936-2010

Archive of Arthur Sidgwick

 Collection
Archive of Arthur Sidgwick
Extents: 0.25 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Dates: 1865-1914

Archive of Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn

 Collection
Correspondence and papers of Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (1910-2002), Labour politician.
Extents: 92.18 Linear metres (838 physical shelfmarks; 82 digital shelfmarks)
Dates: 1868-2002

Archive of Beatrice Braithwaite Batty

 Collection
Archive of Beatrice Braithwaite Batty
Extents: 1.01 Linear metres (19 boxes)
Dates: Early 19th cent.-1910

Archive of B.H. Hodgson and His Wife

 Collection
Archive of B.H. Hodgson and His Wife
Extents: 1.42 Linear metres (13 boxes)
Dates: 1819-1917

Archive of C. Anne E. Moberly and Eleanor F. Jourdain

 Collection
Archive of C. Anne E. Moberly and Eleanor F. Jourdain
Extents: 0.91 Linear metres (17 boxes)
Dates: 1782-1925

Archive of Charles H. Parry

 Collection
Archive of Charles H. Parry
Extents: 0.35 Linear metres (7 boxes)
Dates: 1779-1840