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Additional papers of Sir Cecil Clementi

Official and personal papers of Sir Cecil Clementi (1875-1947), colonial governor, with papers of his wife, Lady Penelope Clementi (1889–1970) and other family members.
Extents: 17.0 Linear metres (107 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1871-2013
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Archive of Alfred E. Hippisley

Correspondence, diary and memoirs, miscellaneous papers and photographs of Alfred E. Hippisley (1848-1939), British Customs Official in China. Predominantly in English, some Chinese material also present.
Extents: 2.5 Linear metres (18 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1842-1940
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Archive of Archibald Clark Kerr, Baron Inverchapel

Archive of Archibald Clark Kerr, Baron Inverchapel (1882-1951), British diplomat, with some family papers.
Extents: 21.75 Linear metres (146 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1850-1993
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Archive of Averil Cameron

Archive of Averil Cameron (b. 1940), historian and professor of late antiquity and Byzantine history.
Extents: 1.68 Linear metres (24 boxes)
Dates: 1962-2022, n.d.
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Archive of Denis Healey

Personal, political and literary papers of Denis Winston Healey (1917-2015), politician.
Extents: 29.57 Linear metres (435 boxes)
Dates: 1880-1888, c. 1900-c. 2017; Majority of material found within 1900-2017
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Archive of James Legge

Archive of James Legge
Extents: 0.85 Linear metres (22 boxes)
Dates: c.1839-1951
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Archive of James Legge

Archive of James Legge (1815-1897).
Extents: 0.16 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1846-1894
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Archive of John Masefield

The archive of the poet, novelist and playwright John Masefield (1878-1967), Poet Laureate from 1930-1967.
Extents: 7.188 Linear metres (135 boxes)
Dates: 1901-1968
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Archive of Sir (Arthur) Richard Jolly

Correspondence and papers of the United Nations and Institute of Development Studies development economist Sir Richard Jolly (1934-).
Extents: 31.03 Linear metres (86 boxes)
Dates: Majority of material found within 1915-c. 2017, n.d.
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Archive of Sir David Weatherall

Correspondence and papers of Sir David John Weatherall (1933-2018), physician, Regius Professor of Medicine.
Extents: 1.38 Linear metres (20 boxes)
Dates: 1962-2016
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Archive of Sir Mark Aurel Stein (1862-1943)

Archive of Sir Mark Aurel Stein (1862-1943).
Extents: 43.23 Linear metres (393 boxes)
Dates: 1854-1953
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Archive of the Smyly family

Papers of the Smyly family, particularly H. Jocelyn Smyly (1882-1970), doctor and missionary, his wife Eileen Smyly, née Bell (1894-1987), doctor and missionary, and their sons William Smyly (1922-2018), journalist and teacher, and David Smyly (1923-1990), doctor and missionary.
Extents: 8.68 Linear metres (59 shelfmarks)
Dates: c. 1856-2015
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Bernard Collection

Bernard Collection
Extents: 18.04 Linear metres (164 boxes (need missing Or sm's)))
Dates: 10th-17th century
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The John Ryder Archive

Papers and correspondence of John Ryder (1917–2001), book designer, art director, and typographer.
Extents: 156.22 Linear metres (440 boxes)
Dates: Majority of material found within [1548]-2001; [1890]-2001
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Papers of David Beatty

Letters home from Canton and Christmas Island, with related photographs, press cuttings and farewell addresses, 1899-1954; transcript of journal of his father Robert Beatty's voyage to India, 1856.
Extents: 3 boxes : The farewell address, 1926, written on silk and originally stored in a wooden box, was donated to the library in a large frame format, with degraded paper backing. The Conservation Section of the Bodleian Library undertook limited drycleaning, minor repairs, etc. in [March 1997], rehousing the item in a card box and placing a hollytex sheet against the silk to prevent abrasion when rolled. Future plans for the item's preservation include flat storage and remounting of the silk with new borders by an experienced Oriental conservator.
Dates: [1856], 1899-1954
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Papers of Frank Brewer

Joint Wages Commission Report of the Federation of Malaya and Singapore, 1948, with related papers on labour regulation and statistical information; Chinese papers relating to the Malayan emergency, 1948-1949; notes on Malayan political parties, 1954; lectures and articles on Malayan Chinese; speeches and pamphlets given to Brewer by Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan; invitations and programmes for independence celebrations and other events, 1953-1959.
Extents: 3 boxes
Dates: 1948-1959
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Papers of John Hamer

Papers relating to British administration of Perlis, Malaya and relations with the Rajas, 1915-1957; some early agreements with Siam regarding loans and suzerainty, 1905-1909; papers relating to Communist infiltration and organised criminal activities, 193-?.
Extents: 2 boxes, 1 portfolio
Dates: [1905-1957]
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Zoology Archive

Archive of Zoology, relating to Oxford zoologists and the Zoology department of Oxford University.
Extents: 17.55 Linear metres (117 boxes)
Dates: 1839-2004 (predominantly mid 19th cent.-mid 20th cent.), n.d.
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Scroll containing translations of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in various languages

Scroll containing translations of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in various languages, [2010s].
Shelfmark: MS. 21647
Extents: 1 box
Dates: [2010s]

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Allen | Helen Mary | 1872-1952 1
Allen | Percy Stafford | 1869-1933 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford 1
Beatty | David | fl 1899-1952 | colonial civil servant 1
Beatty | Robert | fl 1856 1
Bernard | Edward | 1638-1696 | Astronomer and Scholar 1
Brewer | Frank | 1915-1987 | colonial civil servant 1
Carrington | Mary Townsend | 1892-1980 | nee Eyres 1
Chinese Maritime Customs 1
Clark Kerr | Archibald John Kerr | 1882-1951 | Baron Inverchapel | British diplomat 1
Clementi | Augusta Mildred Warren | 1878-1969 | nee Graham 1
Clementi | Cecily Joyce | b 1915 1
Clementi | Cresswell Montagu | 1918-1981 | Air Vice-Marshal 1
Clementi | Dione Rose | 1914-2010 | lecturer in history 1
Clementi | Isabel | 1850–1930 | nee Collard 1
Clementi | Lockhart | 1881-after 1917 | Captain 1
Clementi | Marie Penelope Rose | 1889–1970 | nee Eyres | known as Penelope Clementi 1
Clementi | Montagu | 1839-1919 | Colonel, Judge Advocate-General in India 1
Clementi | Sir | Cecil | 1875-1947 | Knight | colonial governor 1
Clementi | Winifred Dorothy | d 1966 | nee Hobson | known as Dorothy Clementi 1
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Eyres | Cresswell John | 1862-1949 | Admiral 1
Eyres | Rose Nankivell | 1863-1940 | nee Townsend 1
Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service 1
Hamer | John | 1910-1990 | colonial civil servant 1
Hart | Sir | Robert | 1835-1911 | 1st Baronet | Inspector General of Customs in China 1
Healey | Denis Winston | 1917-2015 | Baron Healey | politician 1
Healey | Edna May | 1918-2010 | née Edmunds | biographer 1
Hippisley | Alfred Edward | 1848-1939 | Chinese Customs Official 1
Hippisley | William Frederick | fl 1820-1844 1
Jolly | Sir | Arthur Richard | 1934- | Knight | Development economist 1
Labour Party 1
Legge | Hannah Mary | 1822-1881 | née Johnstone, second wife of Professor James Legge 1
Legge | James | 1815-1897 | Missionary and Sinologist 1
Legge | James | 1815-1897 | missionary and sinologist 1
Masefield | (Isabel) Judith | 1904-1988 | book illustrator 1
Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist 1
Merris | John | 1877-1942 | formerly Clementi | Colonel 1
Ovenell | Alwin Isabel | 1923-2010 | nee Clementi 1
Oxford University | Department of Zoology 1
Rockhill | William Woodville | 1854-1914 1
Rowling | Joanne | b.1965 | writer 1
Smyly | David Paul | 1923-1990 | doctor and missionary 1
Smyly | Eileen May | 1894-1987 | doctor and missionary 1
Smyly | Henry Jocelyn | 1880-1970 | doctor and missionary 1
Smyly | William Josiah | 1922-2018 | journalist and teacher 1
Smyly | family 1
Stein | Mark Aurel | 1862-1943 | Sir | Knight Scholar Explorer Archaeologist 1
United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. 1
Warner | Dorothy Cresswell Lee- | 1897-1928 | nee Eyres 1
Weatherall | Sir | David John | 1933-2018 | Knight | physician 1
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Russian 5
Japanese 4
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Hungarian 2
Malay 2
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Thai 2