Nursery rhymes correspondence
MS. Opie 216
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Nursery rhymes correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Opie 216
Summary
Letters received about nursery rhymes, mainly in reply to the Opie's published letters to the editor:
Folder 1: 'Nursery Rhymes Letters 1946', mainly responses to an Opie letter published in the Times Literary Supplement, 4 May 1946, and follow-up correspondence, 1946-1948.
Folder 2: 'Nursery Rhymes Letters', mainly responses to an Opie letter in The Sunday Times, 5 Jun 1949, 1949-1950, with some earlier letters.
Folder 3: 'Nursery Rhymes Letters', mainly replies to Opie letters in The Sunday Times, 4 Nov 1951, 1951-1952.
Folder 4: 'Nursery Rhyme Correspondence', mainly replies to The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, 1951-1953.
Date
c.1946-1953
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (4 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of Iona and Peter Opie
Professional correspondence
Nursery rhymes correspondence
