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Nine letters from Maria Edgeworth to Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert and Madame François Delessert

Nine letters from Maria Edgeworth to Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert (1773-1847) and Madame François Delessert (1796-1877).
Shelfmark: MS. 11493
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1818-1845
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Note from Alan Bennett to David Vaisey

Note from Alan Bennett to David Vaisey, 1991.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2720, fol. 108
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates: 1991
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Notebook containing a miscellany of verses copied by Joseph Wills

Notebook containing a miscellany of verses copied by Joseph Wills.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 184
Extents: 144 pages
Dates: 1761-1769
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Notebook containing copies of poems and essays in the hand of Sir Thomas Phillipps

Notebook containing copies of poems and essays in the hand of Sir Thomas Phillipps
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 1636
Extents: 24 Leaves
Dates: c.1806-1815
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Notebook containing verses recited at Reading School

Notebook containing verses recited at Reading School
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 1527
Extents: 41 Leaves
Dates: 1797-1806
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Notebook of Jane Johnson, containing poems, hymns

Notebook of Jane Johnson, containing poems, hymns and (fols. 19-42) 'A very pretty story to tell children when they are about five or six years of age'
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 198
Extents: 50 Leaves
Dates: 1733-52
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Notebook of Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers

Notebook of Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers, containing fair copies of poems by him, 1885-1919, with later amendments, 1940-1948.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 257
Extents: 112 Leaves
Dates: 1885-1919, 1940-1948
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Notes by Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, on arms and marks of ownership in early printed books and manuscripts

Notes by Bertram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, on arms and marks of ownership in early printed books and manuscripts
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 579
Extents: 66 Leaves
Dates: 19th century
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O'Donnell lectures in Celtic Studies, University of Oxford

O'Donnell lectures in Celtic Studies, University of Oxford, 1995-2025.
Shelfmark: MS. 23799
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1995-2025
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Old English and other linguistic papers of Humphrey Wanley

Old English and other linguistic papers of Humphrey Wanley
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. bibl. c. 3
Extents: 198 pages
Dates: Written in the first quarter of the 18th century by H. Wanley
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Order of service for requiem mass for Priscilla Tolkien

Order of service of the requiem mass for Priscilla Tolkien.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8419, fols. 1-6
Extents: 6 Leaves
Dates: 5 Apr 2022
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Page proofs of William Watson, 'The Dream of Man'

Page proofs of William Watson, 'The Dream of Man'.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 256
Extents: 39 Leaves
Dates: 1892
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Papers of Alfred Edgar Coppard

Papers of Alfred Edgar Coppard, 1900-1957, n.d.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 shelfmarks)
Dates: 1900-1957, n.d.
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Papers of Ernest Walker

Papers related to Ernest Walker in the archive of Albi and Maud Rosenthal, 1889-1963, n.d.
Extents: 0.5 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: 1889-1963, n.d.
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Papers of Hilary Walton relating to Barbara Pym

Papers of Hilary Crampton Walton née Pym (1916-2004) relating to her sister, the novelist Barbara Pym (1913-1980), c.1920-2008.
Extents: 3.45 Linear metres (23 boxes)
Dates: 1920-2008
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Papers of Joseph Addison from the Tickell family collection

Papers of Joseph Addison from the Tickell family collection
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 293/1-4
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1714-1715
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Papers of Martyn Skinner

Skinner's correspondence and literary papers. The bulk of the collection consists of literary and personal correspondence. Biographical notes by Skinner on the major correspondents are to be found at MS. Eng. lett. c. 638, fols. 139-42.
Extents: 4.18 Linear metres (38 shelfmarks)
Dates: 1930-1988
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Papers of Robert Ross and Vyvyan Holland relating to the Literary Estate of Oscar Wilde

Papers relating to the administration of the literary estate of the poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).
Extents: 1.35 Linear metres (9 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1890-1936
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Papers of Stephen Spender

The archive of the poet, writer and literary critic Sir Stephen Spender (1909-1995).
Extents: 24.31 Linear metres (221 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1917-2004, n.d.
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Papers of Waterfield’s antiquarian booksellers relating to the sale of Vivien Greene’s library

Papers of Waterfield’s antiquarian booksellers relating to the sale of Vivien Greene’s library.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7556, fols. 36-89
Extents: 54.0 Leaves
Dates: 2004-2005

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20th century 240
English literature 194
English literature -- 20th century 124
19th century 102
Humanities 71
English literature -- 19th century 42
English Literature 39
Literature 38
Poetry 38
18th century 36
21st century 35
Letters 30
17th century 28
Poems 27
English poetry 23
English poetry -- 20th century 22
Correspondence 19
Authors -- 20th century 18
Literature -- 20th century 18
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Novelists -- 20th century 15
Children's literature 14
Authors 13
English literature -- 18th century 13
Religion 12
English language 10
Novelists 9
Art 8
Authors, English 8
Authors, English -- 20th century 8
Lectures and lecturing 8
English literature -- 17th century 7
English poetry -- 19th century 7
English poetry -- 21st century 7
Women authors, English -- 20th century 7
16th century 6
Commonplace books 6
Letters -- 20th century 6
Manuscripts 6
Poets, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 6
Authors -- 19th century 5
Diaries 5
History 5
Journalism 5
Photographs 5
Poets -- 20th century 5
Sermons 5
Theater -- England 5
University of Oxford 5
Women 5
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 4
Childrens literature -- 20th century 4
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Drama 4
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English poetry -- Women authors 4
Ireland 4
Literary criticism 4
Photography 4
Playwriting -- Drama 4
Poets, English -- Correspondence 4
Art, British -- 20th century 3
Artists 3
Authors, English -- 19th century 3
Authors, English -- Correspondence 3
Books and reading 3
Children's stories, English 3
English literature -- 16th century 3
Fantasy fiction 3
Illustration of books 3
Letters -- 19th century 3
Music 3
Novelists -- 19th century 3
Oxford (England) 3
Poetry -- 20th century 3
Politics and Government 3
Portrait photography 3
Science fiction 3
Theater 3
University of Oxford -- Intellectual life 3
War poetry 3
World War, 1914-1918 3
x - 15th century 3
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Art, British -- 21st century -- Exhibitions 2
Austen -- Jane -- 1775-1817 2
Authors, English - 21st century 2
Biography 2
Calligraphy 2
Christianity -- 20th century 2
Church Architecture | England 2
Devon (England) 2
Dissertations, Academic 2
Drama -- 19th century 2
Drawing 2
England -- Television and Film -- 20th century 2
English Fiction -- 20th century 2
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 2
English literature -- Old English, c.450-1100 2
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Indexed names
Lewis | Clive Staples | 1898-1963 | writer 43
Austen | Jane | 1775-1817 | Novelist 8
Mare | Walter John de la | 1873-1956 | author and poet 7
Tolkien | John Ronald Reuel | 1892-1973 | philologist and author 7
Williams | Charles Walter Stansby | 1886-1945 | author 7
Auden | Wystan Hugh | 1907-1973 | poet and writer 6
Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist 6
Blunden | Edmund Charles | 1896-1974 | poet 5
Lawrence | Thomas Edward | 1888-1935 | Soldier, Author, and Archaeologist known as Lawrence of Arabia 5
Benson | Edward Frederic | 1867-1940 | author 4
Cary | Arthur Joyce Lunel | 1888-1957 | Author 4
Coppard | Alfred Edgar | 1878-1957 | writer 4
Edgeworth family | Edgeworthstown 4
Edgeworth | Maria | 1768-1849 | novelist and educationist 4
Godwin | William | 1756–1836 | writer 4
Greene | Henry Graham | 1904-1991 | novelist 4
Larkin | Philip Arthur | 1922-1985 | poet 4
Shelley | Mary Wollstonecraft | 1797-1851 | née Godwin | writer 4
Shelley | Percy Bysshe | 1792-1822 | poet 4
Spender | Sir | Stephen Harold | 1909-1995 | Knight | poet 4
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Aldiss | Brian Wilson | 1925-2017 | writer 3
Chambers | Edmund Kerchever | 1866-1954 | Sir | Knight and English Scholar 3
Cornwell | David John Moore | 1931-2020 | writer, pseudonym John le Carré 3
Edgeworth | Richard Lovell | 1744–1817 | inventor 3
Hooper | Walter McGehee | 1931-2020 | literary advisor 3
Johnson | Samuel | 1709-1784 | Author and lexicographer 3
MacNeice | Frederick Louis | 1907-1963 | poet and playwright 3
Pope | Alexander | 1688-1744 | poet 3
Pym | Barbara Mary Crampton | 1913-1980 | Novelist 3
University of Oxford | Prizes 3
Adams | Richard George | 1920-2016 | Author 2
Amis | Sir | Kingsley William | 1922-1995 | Knight | novelist and literary critic 2
Aubrey | John | 1626-1697 | antiquary and biographer 2
Barfield | Owen | 1898-1997 | author and poet 2
Beddoes | Thomas Lovell | 1803-1849 | poet and physiologist 2
Betjeman | Sir | John | 1906-1984 | Knight | Poet Laureate and writer 2
Blunt | Wilfrid Scawen | 1840-1922 | poet and writer 2
Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | Poet Laureate 2
Chapman | Robert William | 1881-1960 | English Scholar and Editor 2
Coghill | Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer | 1899-1980 | literary historian 2
Coles | Jenny | nee Joseph | 1932-2018 | writer 2
Congreve | William | 1670-1729 | Dramatist 2
Davis | Herbert John | 1893-1967 | English scholar 2
Deneke | Helena Clara | 1878-1973 | German scholar 2
Dodgson | Charles Lutwidge | 1832-1898 | author, mathematician and photographer known as Lewis Carroll 2
Firth | Sir | Charles Harding | 1857-1936 | Knight | historian 2
Godwin | William | 1756-1836 | philosopher and novelist 2
Gosse | Sir | Edmund William | 1849-1928 | Knight | poet, biographer and literary critic 2
Grahame | Kenneth | 1859-1932 | writer and secretary of the Bank of England 2
Greene | Vivien | 1904-2003 | collector 2
Hawker | Robert Stephen | 1803-1875 | vicar of Morwenstow, poet and antiquary 2
Hewitt | William Graily | 1864-1952 | Novelist and calligrapher 2
Hughes | Shirley | 1927-2022 | freelance author and illustrator 2
Keats | John | 1795-1821 | Poet 2
Lamb | Charles | 1775-1834 | essayist and humorist 2
Lambert | Jack Walter | 1917-1985 | literary critic and editor 2
Lewis | Cecil | Day- | 1904-1972 | poet and novelist 2
Peacock | Thomas Love | 1785-1866 | Satirical novelist and poet 2
Ridler | Anne Barbara | 1912-2001 | née Bradby | poet and writer 2
Shelley | Sir | Percy Florence | 1819-1889 | 3rd Baronet 2
Spender | Natasha | 1919-2010 | née Litvin | concert pianist 2
Swift | Jonathan | 1667-1745 | Dean of St Patrick's Dublin, satirist 2
Tolkien | Priscilla Mary Reuel | 1929-2022 | daughter of J.R.R. Tolkien 2
University of Oxford 2
University of Oxford | Students 2
"Troglodyte" | fl. 1918 | pseudonym 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
Adcock | Arthur St John | 1864-1930 | Novelist 1
Adcock | Marion L | fl 1879-1890 1
Addison | Joseph | 1672-1719 | poet and statesman 1
Addison | Joseph | 1672-1719 | writer and politician 1
Aikin | Lucy | 1781-1864 | historian 1
Alabaster | William | 1567-1640 | Latin Poet and Canon of St Paul's 1
Aldwinkle | Stella | fl 1954 1
Amis | Martin Louis | b 1949 | author 1
Archer | Jeffrey Howard | b. 1940 | Baron Archer of Weston-Super-Mare | writer and politician 1
Arlott | (Leslie Thomas) John | 1914-1991 | writer and broadcaster 1
Ashburnham | Bertrum | 1797-1878 | 4th Earl of Ashburnham 1
Austen | Cassandra Elizabeth | 1773–1845 | sister of Jane Austen 1
Balcon | Jill Angela Henriette | 1925-2009 | actress and broadcaster 1
Banmer | Sir | Thomas | d. 1746 1
Bayley | John Oliver | 1925-2015 | literary critic and novelist 1
Baynes | Pauline Diana | 1922-2008 | illustrator 1
Beckford | William Thomas | 1760-1844 | writer and art collector 1
Beckford | William | 1760-1844 | author, MP, art collector 1
Beddoes | Thomas | 1760-1808 | physician and writer 1
Beecham | Helen Audrey | 1915-1989 | poet and academic | known as Audrey Beecham 1
Beeching | Henry Charles |1859–1919 | dean of Norwich and author 1
Beerbohm | Sir | Henry Maximilian | 1872-1956 | Knight | author and cartoonist 1
Bennett | Alan | b. 1934 | British playwright |screenwriter, actor, and author 1
Bennett | Thomas | 1665-1706 | London bookseller 1
Benson Arthur Christopher | 1862-1925 | Writer 1
Benson family 1
Benson | Edward White | 1829-1896 | Archbishop of Canterbury 1
Benson | Margaret | 1865-1916 | Egyptologist and religious philosopher 1
Benson | Robert Hugh | 1871-1914 | Roman Catholic writer and apologist 1
Bentley | Edmund Clerihew | 1875-1956 | Writer 1
Berlin | Sir | Isaiah | 1909-1997 | Knight | historian and philosopher 1
Betjeman | Penelope | 1910-1986 | writer 1
Bide | Peter | Reverend | 1912-2003 | priest 1
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Language
English 378
French 18
Latin 18
German 10
Italian 6
Spanish; Castilian 5
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 3
English, Old (ca.450-1100) 2
Chinese 2
Danish 2
Dutch; Flemish 2
English, Middle (1100-1500) 2
Irish 2
Norwegian 2
Polish 2
Russian 2
Welsh 2
Afrikaans 1
Catalan; Valencian 1
Celtic languages 1