Papers of Dr. Richard W. Hunt relating to his studies at Haileybury College, Balliol College, Oxford, and to his later career

Title

Papers of Dr. Richard W. Hunt relating to his studies at Haileybury College, Balliol College, Oxford, and to his later career

Shelfmark

MS. 21026/53

Summary

Comprises:

Folder 1: notebook, 'Essays, 1927', 1926-1927 and n.d. [c.1927], including

'Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress'

'Tragedy'

'What is Poetry?'

'Class distinctions'

'Disestablishment'

'Party Government'

'The Influence of Tradition on Poetry'

Folder 2: notes on 'Christianity of the Middle Ages', hell, purgatory and heaven, and related papers, 1926-1949 and n.d. [c.1927-1930]

Folder 3: transcripts from manuscripts and related notes, including extracts from [Oxford], Trinity [College], MS. 34 and [Oxford, Bodleian Library], MS. Digby 53, 1930 and n.d. [c.1930]

Folder 4: notes on 'Visions of the Middle Ages', 'The Sources of the Oxford Book of M[edieval] L[atin] V[erse]', and on manuscripts in Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, and elsewhere, 1930-1932 and n.d. [c.1927-1932]

Folder 5: notes on Greek history, 1931 and n.d. [c.1930]

Folder 6: notes, n.d. [c.1931], including materials relating to 'Books in the will of Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham 1406-1437', 'Manuscripts of Univ[ersity] Coll[ege], [Oxford]', and 'The Library of Thomas Keye'

Folder 7: notes on dialects, 1934 and n.d. [c.1930]

Date

1926-1949 and n.d. [c.1927-1932]

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (7 folders)