Bodleian Library

University of Oxford. Bodleian Library

The main research library of the University of Oxford. First opened to scholars on 8 November 1602, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England is second is size only to the British Library. Known to Oxford scholars as "Bodley" or simply "the Bod", under the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 it is one of the six legal deposit libraries for works published in the United Kingdom and under Irish Law it is entitled to request a copy of each book published in the Republic of Ireland.

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Birrell album 4

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

By: Bodleian Library

Reference: PA1-f-014

Description: Collection of photograph album pages (lacking covers) which contain images of New Zealand, and images from trips to Switzerland and England (London and Oxford). Many of the photographs are in colour, taken by Dr Ken Birrell circa 1950s. A number of aerial photographs show areas around the Southern Alps, and Queenstown. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album pages, of varying sizes, lacking covers. 43 leaves are 240 x 300 mm, and 12 leaves are 240 x 375 mm, contained in phase box

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The Rattle (Periodical)

Date: 1886-1887

By: Atkinson, Arthur Richmond, 1863-1935

Reference: MSX-4549

Description: Issues Nos 1-6 1886 & Nos 1-7 1887. Also extracts from the `Oxford Review', `The Athenaeum', `The Spectator', `The Saturday Review', `The Nation', 1887-1897; correspondence from the Bodleian Library, 11 Mar 1887; poems and a key to `The Rattle'; a receipt from A R Atkinson, 1889 An Oxford University periodical published during Torpids Atkinson attended Corpus Christi College from 1882-1887, and was one of the editors of The Rattle Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms and printed matter Provenance: Owner of the volume has been identified as A R Atkinson

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Librarians and scholars

Date: 1984 - 1988

From: Kirkpatrick, Brownlee Jean, 1919-2007:Papers relating to Katherine Mansfield

Reference: MS-Papers-11923-06

Description: Correspondence regarding research for Katherine Mansfield bibliography with librarians and scholars in the period 1984 to 1988. Includes the following correspondents: - Argyll and Bute District Council - William L Scott (Local Studies Librarian) - Auckland Public Library - New Zealand and Pacific Section (Jon Bell; [P M French]; Mary A Ronnie) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Patricia Kelly - British Broadcasting Corporation - Written Archives Centre (Gwyniver Jones; Amanda Mares; Clare Brown; Margaret Prythergch) - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek [Bavarian State Library, Munich], Germany - Bodleian Library - Michael L Turner - Brighton Central Reference Library - Carolyn Jacob - British Library - Reading Room - Anne Reader; Newspaper Library - Alan Marshall; Eve Johansson; S P Green; Department of Manuscripts - Sally Brown - Columbia University - City of New York - City of Birmingham - Public Libraries Department - C Rogers (Social Sciences Department) - City of Dundee District Council - J B Ramage (Chief Librarian) - City of Glasgow District Council - Libraries Department - D Ferguson (Periodicals) - Central Library - Leeds City Council - R J Fuller - City of Manchester - M J Harkin (Librarian) - City of Newcastle upon Tyne - F W Manders (Librarian) - Calibre - Cassette Library (Aylesbury, Bucks, England) - Linda Downey - Cambridge University Library - A E B Owen (Keeper of Manuscripts) - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Toronto, Ontario) - Rhoda Resnick - Cornwall County Council - G T Knight; J E Farmer - Deutsche Bibliothek (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) - Devon Central Library - Plymouth - J R Elliott (Area Librarian) - Dunedin Public Library - Val Laing - Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois) - Martha Pinder - Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham Libraries - Christine Bayliss (Local History Librarian) - Glasgow University Library - P K Escreet - Guardian Newspaper (Manchester) - F B Singleton Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, holographs and typescripts

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Cauchi, Simon (Dr) : Microfilms

Date: [ca 1584-1602]

By: Cauchi, Simon John, 1936-

Reference: Micro-MS-0974

Description: MSS, printings and holographs of Harington's works; includes translations, letters, and other writings. Also, works by early Italian renaissance writersl and theologians. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 13 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: List available. Provenance: Microfilms acquired when Dr Cauchi was researching Sir John Harington; from the Bodleian, Cambridge University, York Minster, British, and Folger libraries; also from the General Microfilm Company and the Berkshire Record Office.

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Orlando Furioso, in English Heroical Verse - Scribal fair copy

Date: [ca 1591]

From: Cauchi, Simon (Dr) : Microfilms

Reference: Micro-MS-0974-02

Description: A scribal fair copy of cantos 1 to 24, with illustrations Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

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Metrical paraphrases of the psalms

Date: n d [ca 1600?]

From: Cauchi, Simon (Dr) : Microfilms

Reference: Micro-MS-0974-08

Description: Harington's metrical paraphrases of the psalms, held at the Bodleian Libraray, Oxford Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

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Suit for appointment to high office in Ireland

Date: 1605

From: Cauchi, Simon (Dr) : Microfilms

Reference: Micro-MS-0974-07

Description: Harington's unsuccessful suit for appointment to high office in Ireland. First printed in 1879. Held at the Bodleian Library. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

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