Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts

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20th century 1225

19th century 1160

17th century 641

18th century 639

Letters 308

Music 307

16th century 243

Humanities 230

Literature 228

Religion 122

Antiquarians 118

Poetry 95

Correspondence 91

21st century 76

Music -- Manuscripts -- 17th century 72

History 70

Music -- Manuscripts -- 18th century 64

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century 58

Politics and Government 57

Oxfordshire (England) 55

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Oxford (England) 54

Diaries 52

Music -- Manuscripts -- 19th century 52

Theology 50

Letters -- 19th century 48

English literature 47

x - 15th century 47

Composers -- England -- Manuscripts 46

Ornithology 46

Anthems 41

Genealogy 41

Royal family 41

Science 41

Letters -- 20th century 37

Music -- Manuscripts -- 20th century 37

Birds 36

Photographs 34

Sermons 34

Poets 33

Accounts 32

Chamber music 32

14th century 31

Medicine 31

Biography 29

India 29

Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration 28

Great Britain -- Topography 28

Manuscripts 28

Suites 27

Universities and colleges 27

Diaries -- 19th century 25

Nobility -- Great Britain 25

13th century 24

Authors 23

English literature -- 20th century 23

Heraldry 23

Ireland 23

Library catalogs 23

Local history 23

Philosophy 23

Botany 22

Legal documents 22

Speeches, addresses, etc. 22

Colonial administrators 21

Diaries -- 20th century 21

English literature -- 19th century 21

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century 21

Law 21

Lectures and lecturing 21

Motets 21

University of Oxford 21

Poems 20

Politicians 20

Science -- History -- 20th century 20

World War, 1914-1918 20

Berkshire (England) 19

Piano music 19

Diplomatic and consular service -- British 18

England 18

English poetry 18

Greek literature 18

Art 17

Bodleian Library 17

Composers -- Correspondence 17

Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 17

Libraries 17

Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5106 17

Africa 16

Buckinghamshire (England) 16

Deeds -- England 16

Essays 16

Kenya -- History -- 1895-1963 16

Social sciences 16

Songs with piano 16

Kent (England) 15

x - 12th century 15

English poetry -- 20th century 14

Great Britain -- History 14

Incidental music 14

Mathematics 14

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Indexed names

Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service 52

University of Oxford 50

Fisher | Sir | Ronald Aylmer | 1890-1962 | Knight | statistician and geneticist 22

Phillipps | Sir | Thomas | 1792-1872 | Baronet | Antiquary, and Collector of MSS and Books 22

Rhodes | Cecil John | 1853-1902 | imperialist, colonial politician and mining entrepreneur 20

Boyce | William | 1710-1779 | musician 18

Jenkins | John | 1592-1678 | composer 18

Conservative Party 17

Doll | Sir | William Richard Shaboe | 1912-2005 | Knight | epidemiologist and cancer researcher 17

Lowe | Edward | 1610-1682 | composer, music copyist, organist and writer on music 16

Purcell | Henry | c 1659-1695 | composer 14

Acland | Sir | Henry Wentworth | 1815-1900 | 1st Baronet | physician 12

Berlin | Sir | Isaiah | 1909-1997 | Knight | historian and philosopher 12

Dugdale | Sir | William | 1605-1686 | Knight | antiquary and herald 12

Gladstone | William Ewart | 1809-1898 | statesman 12

Lawes | William | 1602-1645 | musician and composer 12

Madden | Sir | Frederic | 1801-1873 | Knight | antiquary and palaeographer 12

Simpson | Christopher | c 1602/1606-1669 | composer 12

Talbot | William Henry Fox | 1800-1877 | MP, pioneer of photography 12

Wilberforce | William | 1759-1833 | MP, Philanthropist 12

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Stukeley | William | 1687-1765 | antiquary and natural philosopher 11

Bodleian Library 10

Finzi | Gerald Raphael | 1901-1956 | composer 10

Gilpin | William | 1724-1804 | Clergyman, educationist, biographer and topographer 10

Asquith | Herbert Henry | 1852-1928 | 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith | statesman 9

Blow | John | 1648-1708 | composer 9

Gibbons | Orlando | 1583-1625 | composer 9

Handel | George Frederick | 1685-1759 | musical composer 9

Sadler | Sir | Michael Ernest | 1861-1943 | Knight | educational pioneer and art patron 9

Villiers | George William Frederick | 1800-1870 | 4th Earl of Clarendon | statesman 9

Bennett | Sir | William Sterndale | 1816–1875 | Knight | composer 8

Bodley | Sir | Thomas | 1545-1613 | Knight | diplomat, scholar, and founder of the Bodleian Library 8

British Association for the Advancement of Science 8

Buckland | William | 1784-1856 | Dean of Westminster, geologist 8

Chapman | Robert William | 1881-1960 | English Scholar and Editor 8

Macray | William Dunn | 1826-1916 | Rector of Ducklington, Antiquary, and Archivist 8

Shakespeare | William | 1564-1616 | Dramatist 8

Sherard | James | 1666-1738 | apothecary, botanist and amateur musician 8

Stoker | Sir | Michael George Parke | 1918-2013 | Knight | virologist 8

Asquith | Margaret Emma Alice (Margot) | 1864-1945 | née Tennant | Countess of Oxford and Asquith | political hostess and diarist 7

Byrd | William | c 1540-1623 | musical composer 7

Charles I | 1600-1649 | King of England, Scotland and Ireland 7

Croft | William | 1677-1727 | organist and composer 7

Douce | Francis | 1757-1834 | Antiquary 7

Firth | Sir | Charles Harding | 1857-1936 | Knight | historian 7

Hailey | William Malcolm | 1872-1969 | 1st Baron Hailey 7

Hodgkin | Dorothy Mary Crowfoot | 1910-1994 | nee Crowfoot | chemist 7

Hyde | Edward | 1609-1674 | 1st Earl of Clarendon | Lord Chancellor 7

Lewis | Clive Staples | 1898-1963 | writer 7

Ouseley | Sir | Frederick Arthur Gore | 1825–1889 | 2nd Baronet | Professor of Music at Oxford University 7

Ruskin | John | 1819-1900 | author, artist, and social reformer 7

Savile | Sir | Henry | 1549-1622 | knight | mathematician 7

Spelman | Sir | Henry | 1564-1641 | Knight | Historian and Antiquary 7

Strong | Sir | Roy Colin | b.1935 | Knight | art historian and broadcaster 7

United Nations 7

Anderson | Ava | 1896-1974 | née Bodley | wife of Viscount Waverley 6

Austen | Jane | 1775-1817 | Novelist 6

Barlow | Thomas | 1607-1691 | Bishop of Lincoln 6

Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | Poet Laureate 6

Bryce | James | 1838-1922 | Viscount Bryce | jurist, historian and politician 6

Butler | James | 1610-1688 | 1st Duke of Ormonde | soldier and statesman 6

Butterworth | George Sainton Kaye | 1885-1916 | composer and folk song collector 6

Charles II | 1630-1685 | King of England, Scotland and Ireland 6

Conservative Party | Conservative Central Office 6

Corelli | Arcangelo | 1653-1713 | composer and violinist 6

Disraeli | Benjamin | 1804-1881 | Earl of Beaconsfield | statesman 6

Ducarel | Andrew Coltee | 1713-1785 | Antiquary 6

Elizabeth I | 1533-1603 | Queen of England and Ireland 6

Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror 6

Lacock Abbey | Wiltshire, England 6

Laud | William | 1573-1645 | Archbishop of Canterbury 6

Lugard | Frederick John Dealtry | 1858-1945 | Baron Lugard of Abinger | colonial administrator, soldier and author 6

Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist 6

Milner | Alfred | 1854-1925 | Viscount Milner | statesman 6

Oxfam GB 6

Parry | Sir | Charles Hubert Hastings | 1848-1918 | Knight | composer and musical writer 6

Raleigh | Sir | Walter | 1861-1922 | Knight | Literary scholar and historian 6

Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury 6

Spender | Sir | Stephen Harold | 1909-1995 | Knight | poet 6

Tallis | Thomas | c 1505-1585 | composer 6

Tanner | Thomas | 1674-1735 | Bishop of St Asaph and antiquary 6

University of Oxford | Sir William Dunn School of Pathology x Dunn School 6

Wilberforce | Samuel | 1805-1873 | Bishop of Oxford and Winchester 6

Acland | Sarah Angelina | 1849-1930 | Fellow of Royal Photographic Society and Royal Society of Arts 5

Ayer | Sir | Alfred Jules | 1910-1989 | Knight | philosopher 5

Baltzar | Thomas | 1631-1663 | violinist and composer 5

Betjeman | Sir | John | 1906-1984 | Knight | Poet Laureate and writer 5

Bourne | Samuel | 1834-1912 | photographer 5

Buxton | Sir | Thomas Fowell | 1786-1845 | 1st Baronet | Philanthropist 5

Carissimi | Giacomo | 1605-1674 | composer 5

Carte | Thomas | 1686-1754 | historian 5

Conservative Party | professional headquarters 5

Edgeworth family | Edgeworthstown 5

Edwards | Anthony William Fairbank | b. 1935 | statistician and geneticist 5

Elgar | Sir | Edward William | 1857-1934 | Baronet | composer 5

Gough | Richard | 1735-1809 | antiquary 5

Great Britain and Ireland | Foreign Office 5

Horsley | William | 1774-1858 | composer 5

Howard | William | fl. 1863-1866 | photographer 5

Howard, Bourne & Shepherd | 1864-1866 | photographic studio 5

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Language

English 18441

Latin 886

French 325

German 173

No linguistic content; Not applicable 146

Italian 137

Multiple languages 86

Greek, Modern (1453-) 61

Spanish; Castilian 41

Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 34

Undetermined 32

Persian 25

Russian 22

Dutch; Flemish 21

Chinese 19

English, Old (ca.450-1100) 18

Arabic 18

Welsh 18

Hebrew 17

English, Middle (1100-1500) 14

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Portuguese 11

Hungarian 8

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan 8

Danish 7

Irish 6

Amharic 5

Cornish 5

Czech 5

Swedish 5

Thai 5

Afrikaans 4

French, Old (842-ca.1400) 4

Turkish 4

Armenian 3

Breton 3

Celtic languages 3

Japanese 3

Polish 3

Scots 3

Hausa 2

Romance languages 2

Slavic languages 2

Swahili 2

Urdu 2

Yiddish 2

Bengali 1

Catalan; Valencian 1

Coptic 1

Egyptian (Ancient) 1

Estonian 1

Hindi 1

Croatian 1

Korean 1

Malagasy 1

Maltese 1

Norwegian 1

Provençal, Old (to 1500) 1

Pushto; Pashto 1

Sanskrit 1

Slovenian 1

Syriac 1

Zulu 1

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Collection

The Abinger Papers 2755

Tanner Manuscripts 2266

Rawlinson Manuscripts 1492

Archive of Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), and the Edgeworth family, 17th-19th century 430

Shrimpton's Oxford Caricatures 263

Archive of Sir Walter Bodmer and Lady Julia Bodmer 233

Archive of William Clark 208

Archive of Sir William Harcourt and Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt 187

Conservative Party Archive: Conservative Central Office - Party Chairman's Office 177

Bodleian Library Records 139

Gough Collection 131

Papers of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) and of his family 131

Papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972 127

Archive of the Dashwood Family of West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 126

Papers of Frederick Dealtry Lugard, Baron Lugard of Abinger 126

Music manuscripts from the Library of St Michael's College, Tenbury Wells 121

Walter Benington photographic portraits 102

Papers of Edward Max Nicholson 101

Topographical collections, correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Phillipps 99

Archive of Sir James Bland Burges, mainly 1772-1824, with papers of the Burges and Head families 83

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Papers of George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, with papers of related families 82

Archive of the Oman family 81

Archive of the Oxford Group 78

Correspondence and papers of Lady Violet Bonham Carter, 1892-1969, and other family papers, 1852-2000 77

Archive of the Anti-Slavery Society 76

Conservative Party Archive: Conservatives in the European Parliament 69

Radcliffe Trust Archive 69

Archive of William Henry Fox Talbot and the Talbot family 66

Conservative Party Archive: Printed and Published Material: Conservative Party (and affiliated groups) pamphlets 66

Papers of the Harcourt family 60

Archive of William Gilpin and family 59

Archive of the Noel, Byron and Lovelace Families 59

Archive of the Russell Family of Swallowfield, Berkshire 59

Conservative Party Archive: Party Political Broadcasts, Speeches and Press Releases 58

Dodsworth Manuscripts 58

Philip and Rosamund Davies U.S. Elections Campaigns Archive 58

The Marconi Archives 58

Archive of Sir Denis Wright 57

Archive of Sir Edward Penley Abraham 55

Diaries of Harriet Acworth and her husband, William Acworth, Evangelical Clergyman 54

Papers of Sir Cecil Clementi 52

Archive of the Napier Family 51

Diaries of Lionel Hichens, General Sir Neville Lyttelton and Lady Lyttelton 51

Archive of the Smyly family 49

Carte Papers 49

Conservative Party Archive: Private papers: Keith Joseph 49

Douce Manuscripts 49

Correspondence and papers of Sir Maurice William Ernest de Bunsen and his family 48

Archive of Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner, 1824-1955 47

Archive of Harold Macmillan 47

Conservative Party Archive: Photographic Collection 45

Archive of Robert Henry Brand, Baron Brand 44

Letters to John and John Bowyer Nichols, booksellers and antiquaries 44

Wight Manuscripts 44

Laudian Collection 43

Archive of John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn 42

Archive of Sir Eyre Crowe 42

Conservative Party Archive: Conservative Research Department 42

Wood Manuscripts 42

Archive of Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison 41

Archive of Cyril Dean Darlington (1903-1981) 41

Weld Family Papers 41

Dugdale Manuscripts 40

Papers of Sir James Augustus Henry Murray (1837-1915), editor of the Oxford English Dictionary 40

Archive of David Astor 39

Sir William Dunn School of Pathology: Historical Papers 38

The M. Deneke Mendelssohn Collection 38

Archive of Roger Bannister 37

Additional papers of Sir Cecil Clementi 36

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 36

Archive of Sir (D'Arcy) Patrick Reilly, 1914-1999 with some family papers, 1885-1963 36

Harcourt estate and family papers, late 12th cent.-1967 36

Taylor Family Papers, 1798-1895 36

The John Dillwyn Llewelyn collection of Talbot photographic materials 36

Archive of Charles Alfred Coulson (1910-1974) 35

Archive of Sir Edmund Monson, 1st Baronet 35

Archive of the North Family 35

Archive of Sir Matthew Nathan 34

Edgar Wind Papers 33

Archive of (James) Harold Wilson 32

Archive of William Beckford 32

Mary Somerville Collection 32

Records of grants made by Oxfam ('project files') 32

Archive of Francis John Stephens Hopwood, Baron Southborough 31

Archive of James Callaghan 31

Archive of Sir Augustus and Maria, Lady Callcott 31

Archive of Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne 30

Archive of William Sterndale Bennett acquired from the Sterndale Bennett family 30

Archive of William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne 30

Additional papers of the Harcourt family 29

Conservative Party Archive: Printed and Published Material: Think Tanks 29

Montagu Manuscripts 29

Archive of C. Day-Lewis [pseudonym Nicholas Blake] and his wife Jill Balcon 28

Further papers of Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, 1884-1922 28

Research notebooks of Professor George Brownlee and his assistants 28

Archive of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 26

Nicholson Papers 26

Archive of Charles Langbridge Morgan and Hilda Vaughan 25

Archive of Jenifer Hart with papers of John Fischer Williams and other family papers 25

Papers of Neil R. Ker, Reader in Palaeography, Oxford University 25

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