Correspondence and papers of Neil R. Ker, mainly relating to his family and career

Title

Correspondence and papers of Neil R. Ker, mainly relating to his family and career

Shelfmark

MS. 21050/75

Summary

Comprises papers relating to:

Folder 1: Ker family genealogy from c.1357 to 1815, 1954-1965 and n.d. [c.1960]

Folder 2: civil and academic honours awarded to Ker, 1959-1979

Folder 3: Ker's appointments and elections to posts and committees, 1941-1975

Folder 4: donations and presentations made by Ker to institutions and societies, mainly letters of thanks, 1942-1977

Folder 5: M.B. Parkes and A.G.Watson, Medieval Scribes, Manuscripts and Libraries: Essays presented to N.R. Ker (Scolar Press, 1978), [1978]

Folder 6: visits and events attended, comprising photographs of Ker with collaborators and friends, 1971-1979

Folder 7: contract between Ker and the Clarendon Press for the publication of Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957), 3 May 1952

Folder 8: correspondence and papers relating to the examination by Ker of a thesis entitled 'The Library and Archives of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey' by Rodney M. Thomson, Sydney University, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1973-1974 (= Closed).

Folder 9: order of service for, and text of an address by Prof. T.J. Brown, for a memorial service for Neil R. Ker at Magdalen College, Oxford, 13 Nov 1982

Date

1941-1982 and n.d. [c.1960]

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (9 folders)