Papers providing information on the dispersal of the Lyell manuscripts
MS. Eng. c. 3211
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Papers providing information on the dispersal of the Lyell manuscripts
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 3211
Summary
Comprises:
(fols. 1-15) a full shelf-list of 'manuscripts belonging to James P. R. Lyell', compiled at his home in Abingdon by N. R. Ker and R. W. Hunt before the selection of manuscripts for the Bodleian, [1949], with added notes about their eventual dispersal to the Bodleian and elsewhere
(fols. 16-76) miscellaneous papers concerning individual manuscripts not now at the Bodleian, mostly n.d. but including letters dated 1901 and 1933 and descriptions of manuscripts bought 1933-42, found in disorder and rearranged in roughly alphabetical order.
Date
[1901-42?]
Language
English
Physical extent
76 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers of James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell
Lyell's collection of manuscripts
Papers providing information on the dispersal of the Lyell manuscripts
