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19th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3849 Collections and/or Records:

Collection

Papers of Samuel Weller Singer relating to the compilation of a dictionary of Old and Middle English

Papers of Samuel Weller Singer relating to the compilation of a dictionary of Old and Middle English
Extents: 0.30 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: 19th cent.
Collection

Papers of Sidney Frederick Marriott

Letters, papers and photographs, c1875-1930.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: c1875-1930
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Papers of Sir Archibald Alison

Papers of Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet (1826-1907).
Extents: 0.7 Linear metres (8 boxes)
Dates: 1849-1907
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Papers of Sir Cecil Clementi

Microfilm copies of papers, reports, diary letters, etc. relating to service in Hong Kong, 1899-1912.
Extents: 32 items
Dates: 1899-1912
Collection

Papers of Sir Charles Fernand Rey

The collection includes personal/biographical papers; business papers relating to Abyssinia; papers as Resident Commissioner of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and papers relating to Rey's retirement in South Africa.
Extents: 8 boxes
Dates: 1899-[ca. 1968]
Collection

Papers of Sir Edmund F. Du Cane relating to the Du Cane (Du Quesne) family

Papers of Sir Edmund F. Du Cane relating to the Du Cane (Du Quesne) family
Extents: 0.40 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates: 17th-20th cent.
Collection

Papers of Sir Edward Brandis Denham

Diaries covering Mauritius (1921-1923), Kenya (1923-1928), Gambia (1928-1930), British Guiana (1930-1934) and Jamaica (1934-1938). 30 volumes. Also, papers relating to Ceylon (1911-1917), Gambia (1816-1929) and British Guiana (1806-1932), including some 19th century papers dated before Denham's time. 2 boxes.
Extents: 30 volumes and 2 boxes
Dates: 1806-1938
Collection

Papers of Sir Edward Charles Frederick Garraway

Correspondence, diaries and papers of Sir Edward Charles Frederick Garraway (1865-1932) a surgeon and colonial official in Southern Africa, 1888-1932.
Extents: 3.0 Linear metres (7 boxes, 12 volumes)
Dates: 1888-1932
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Papers of Sir Ernest Birch

Personal diaries of Mrs. Margaret Birch, 1896-1904 with a loose programme of amateur theatricals at the Tanglin Club, 1885; personal diaries of Ernest Birch, 1907-1909; personal diaries of Lady Birch, 1929-1931, 1934; papers relating mostly to Ernest Birch's career, c1876-1911; personal and family correspondence, etc., 1882-1926; newspaper cuttings, 1877-1930; photographs of Ernest Birch and family, 1866-c1960; miscellaneous items, 1842-1940.
Extents: 12 boxes
Dates: 1842-c1960
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Papers of Sir George Farrar and family

Photographs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings relating to mining activities in South Africa, 1871-1929 Telegrams, newspaper cuttings, photographs, etc. concerning the Jameson Raid, 1896 Maps, correspondence, etc. relating to the South African War, [1899-1906] Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, cartoons, etc. relating to political career, 1903-1915 …
Extents: 21 boxes
Dates: c1864-1982
Single Item

Papers of Sir George Forrest (1845-1926), mainly transcripts of documents concerning India

Papers of Sir George Forrest (1845-1926), mainly transcripts of documents concerning India
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 619
Extents: 250 Leaves
Dates: In the 19th century
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Papers of Sir Gerald H. Portal

Letterbooks, diaries, correspondence etc. relating to service in Cairo, Zanzibar and Uganda.
Extents: 12 Volumes
Dates: 1881-1895
Collection

Papers of Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden

Diaries; notebooks; a letter-book containing Lagden's private letters to J.A. Spender; biographical material; correspondence; printed material (including obituary notices and tributes); papers relating to Lagden's awards, commissions and record of service; and papers relating to Lagden's book The Basutos (1909) and other publications. Also, papers (correspondence, reports, despatches and notes) relating to the South African War, Basutoland, and South African…
Extents: 67 volumes, 6 boxes
Dates: 1877-1934
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Papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin, 1897-1998, with some family papers, 1903-1972

Correspondence and papers of Sir Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997), philosopher and historian of ideas, with correspondence and papers of his parents, Mendel Borisovich Berlin (1884-1953), timber and bristle trader, and (Mussa) Marie Berlin (1880-1974).
Extents: 61.38 Linear metres (826 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1897-1998
Collection

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

The papers of Sir James Murray (1837-1915), editor of The Oxford English Dictionary, with some family papers.
Extents: 9.0 Linear metres (60 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1834-1992, n.d.
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Papers of Sir John Pope-Hennessy

Papers relating to Ireland and Parliament (1743-1875); subject files relating to Pope-Hennessy's career (1855-1938); correspondence (1866-1890); personal letters to Pope-Hennessy (1867-1890); papers relating to his colonial governorships in Labuan, West Africa, the Bahamas, Barbados, Hong Kong and Mauritius (1844-1908). The collection also contains papers (notes, correspondence, etc.) connected with the writing of Verandah: some episodes in the crown colonies,…
Extents: 11 boxes
Dates: 1743-1964
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Papers of Sir Michael Ernest Sadler

Notebooks and correspondence, 1897, of Sir Michael Ernest Sadler (1861-1943), educational pioneer, with a memorandum ascribed to him, c.1938.
Extents: 0.3 Linear metres (3 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1897, c.1938
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Papers of Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon (1)

"Barotseland: Notes by the Resident on the Natives and the Physical Aspects of the Country", 1897. Photocopied typescript.
Extents: 3 ff.
Dates: 1897
Single Item

Papers of Sir Roland Clive Wallace Burn

Papers of Sir Roland Clive Wallace Burn relating to his time at Oxford University and his military service during World War I.
Shelfmark: MS. 11636
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1890-1918
Collection

Papers of Sir Selwyn Macgregor Grier

The collection mainly covers the years Grier was in Nigeria, and mostly consists of family letters from Grier to his mother and to his sister "Dorothy" (Mary Lynda Dorothea Grier) who was Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, from 1921-1945. There is also a file of papers relating to Nigera and an album of photographs (mostly dated 1911).
Extents: 4 boxes
Dates: 1884-1957 (bulk 1905-1925)