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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

Archive of E.R. Eddison

Archive of E.R. Eddison
Extents: 1.13 linear metres (13 boxes)
Dates: 1892-1958
Collection

Archive of Hilary Bailey

Archive of Hilary Bailey, (1936-2017) writer and editor.
Extents: 11.85 linear metres (79 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1963-2009, n.d.
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Archive of T.G. and R.G. Gayer-Anderson

Archive of T.G. and R.G. Gayer-Anderson
Extents: 1.92 linear metres (24 boxes)
Dates: 19th-20th century
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Archive of the Oman family

Papers and photographs of Sir Charles Oman, British military historian, his wife Lady Oman and members of their respective families. The collection includes writings and personal papers of Sir Charles's parents, C. P. A. Oman, indigo planter in India, and Annie Chadwick, daughter of William Chadwick, a railway constructor. Lady Oman's family papers contain her father Gen. Maclagan's diaries and James Anderson Rose's collection of autographs and letters from Pre-Raphaelite artists. Their…
Extents: 26.6 linear metres (269 physical shelfmarks, 1 digital shelfmark)
Dates: 1727-2003
Collection

Archive of Ursula Roberts (Susan Miles)

Archive of Ursula Roberts (Susan Miles)
Extents: 1.32 Linear metres (12 boxes)
Dates: 1912-1969
Single Item

Autograph manuscript of 'Puck of Pook's Hill' by Rudyard Kipling (first published, London, 1906)

Autograph manuscript of 'Puck of Pook's Hill' by Rudyard Kipling (first published, London, 1906)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 127
Extents: 110 Leaves
Dates: c. 1906
Collection

Books and papers of James Blish (1921-75)

Books and papers of James Blish (1921-75), science fiction writer.
Extents: 44.1 Linear metres (441 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: c. 1936-77
Single Item

'The century [of] books printed at Oxford'

'The century [of] books printed at Oxford'
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. c. 57
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates: Written in 1667
Single Item

A collection of anecdotes, chiefly facetious, extracted from printed books

A collection of anecdotes, chiefly facetious, extracted from printed books
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. f. 18
Extents: 60 Leaves
Dates: Written in the second half of the 17th century
Collection

Four albums compiled by Brian Aldiss

Four volumes of photograph album scrapbooks compiled by Brian Aldiss, containing original artwork for the covers of many of his books, with extensive authorial comments inserted throughout.
Extents: 0.44 linear metres (4 shelfmarks)
Dates: n.d.
Single Item

Gladium Propheli. By the author of “Hope” &c&c &c' (i.e. Francis Edward Paget)

'Gladium Propheli. By the author of “Hope” &c&c &c' (i.e. Francis Edward Paget)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3968
Extents: 42 Leaves
Dates: c. 1835
Single Item

Letters from Elizabeth Jenkins to A.L. Rowse

Letters from Elizabeth Jenkins to A.L. Rowse, 1960-1993.
Shelfmark: MS. 12052
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1960-1993
Collection

Literary papers of Elizabeth Jenkins

Literary papers of Elizabeth Jenkins, 1962-1982.
Extents: 1.2 linear metres (8 boxes)
Dates: 1962-1982
Single Item

Printed invitation to an exhibition of artwork by Brian Aldiss, The Other Hemisphere, at The Jam Factory Gallery, Oxford

Printed invitation to an exhibition of artwork by Brian Aldiss
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7556, fols. 21-4
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates: 15 Aug 2010
Single Item

A translation into French of the rev. Joseph Robertson's Parian Chronicle (Lond., 1788)

A translation into French of the rev. Joseph Robertson's Parian Chronicle (Lond., 1788), written in about A.D. 1790 in France.
Shelfmark: MS. Add. D. 41
Extents: 79 Leaves
Dates: written in about A.D. 1790 in France
Collection

Two manuscripts by Edgar Wallace

Two manuscripts by Edgar Wallace
Extents: 0.2 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1898-1901
Single Item

Two Spanish Chronicles, half-legendary

Two Spanish Chronicles, half-legendary, written in the 17th century.
Shelfmark: MS. Add. A. 214
Extents: 164 Leaves
Dates: written in the 17th century
Single Item

Typescript of 'Bertie's Escapade' by Kenneth Grahame

Typescript of 'Bertie's Escapade' by Kenneth Grahame.
Shelfmark: MS. 15600
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1907-2008
Collection

Typescript of The Gaudy (A Staircase in Surrey, 1) by J.I.M. Stewart

Typescript of The Gaudy, from the A Staircase in Surrey Quintet, by J.I.M. Stewart.
Extents: 2 boxes (0.22 Linear metres)
Dates: 1972

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20th century 16
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Historical Fiction 3
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Indexed names
Aldiss | Brian Wilson | 1925-2017 | writer 3
Jenkins | Margaret Elizabeth Heald | 1905-2010 | novelist and biographer 2
Bailey | Hilary | 1936-2017 | writer, critic and editor 1
Bishop | Elizabeth | b 1763 | nee Wollstonecraft 1
Blish | James Benjamin | 1921-1975 | writer 1
Brunner | John Kilian Houston | 1934-1995 | science-fiction writer 1
Cape | Herbert Jonathan | 1879-1960 | Publisher 1
EP Dutton & Co | New York | publishers 1
Eddison | Eric Rucker | 1882-1945 | Author 1
Gayer-Anderson | Robert Grenville | 1881-1945 | Major, Egyptian Administrator, and Author 1
Gayer-Anderson | Thomas Gayer | 1881-1960 | Illustrator 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
Grahame | Kenneth | 1859-1932 | writer and secretary of the Bank of England 1
Harwood | Alice | fl 1939-1985 | author 1
Johnson | Jane | 1798-1884 | nee Cleveland | x Williams | x Hogg 1
Kipling | Rudyard | 1865-1936 | writer 1
Maclagan | Robert | 1820-1894 | General 1
Maclagan | Sir | Edward Douglas | 1864-1952 | Knight | Indian administrator 1
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Martinez | Santiago | fl. 1601-1700 1
Miles | Susan | 1887-1975 | see Roberts Ursula 1
Moorcock | Michael | b 1939 | Author 1
Oman | Carola Mary Anima | 1897-1978 | wife of Sir Gerald Lenanton | writer 1
Oman | Charles Chichele | 1901-1982 | son of Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman | curator of metalwork at Victoria & Albert Museum 1
Oman | Julia Trevelyan | 1930-2003 | set designer 1
Oman | Sir | Charles William Chadwick | 1860-1946 | Knight | historian | MP 1
Oxford University | All Souls College 1
Oxford University | New College 1
Paget | Francis Edward | 1851–1911 | clergyman and author 1
Pilkington | Colin | 1937-2002 | writer, pseudonym George Collyn 1
Roberts | Ursula Wyllie | 1887-1975 | writer 1
Robertson | Joseph | 1726-1802 | Church of England clergyman and writer 1
Rowse | Alfred Leslie | 1903-1997 | author and historian 1
Shelley | Jane | d 1899 | nee Gibson | 1st wife of 3rd Baronet | x St. John 1
Shelley | Mary Wollstonecraft | 1797-1851 | née Godwin | writer 1
Shelley | Percy Bysshe | 1792-1822 | poet 1
Shelley | Sir | Percy Florence | 1819-1889 | 3rd Baronet 1
Shelley | family 1
Shepard | Ernest Howard | 1879-1976 | painter and illustrator 1
Stewart | John Innes Mackintosh | 1906-1994 | critic and novelist 1
Tubb | Edwin Charles | 1919-2010 | writer 1
Vance | John Holbrook ('Jack') | 1916-2013 | writer 1
Wallace | (Richard Horatio) Edgar | 1875-1932 | novelist, playwright and journalist 1
Wollstonecraft | Everina | 1765-1841 1
Wollstonecraft | Mary | 1759-1797 | later Godwin | novelist and essayist 1
Wollstonecraft | family 1
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Language
Danish 1
Dutch; Flemish 1
English 20
French 2
German 1
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
Croatian 1
Italian 1
Japanese 1
Latin 2
Portuguese 1
Spanish; Castilian 2
Swedish 1