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Title

Papers relating to research by Dr. Richard W. Hunt on medieval libraries

Shelfmark

MS. 21026/66

Summary

Comprises:

Folder 1: papers, mainly relating to monastic libraries, 1925-1946 and n.d. [c.1940]

Folder 2: correspondence and papers, 1932-1946 and n.d. [c.1932-1940], including

correspondence with R.A.B. Mynors and others regarding library catalogues and other matters, 1932

papers relating to a review of J.W. Thompson, The Medieval Library (University of Chicago Press, 1939) by Hunt, 1941

Folder 3: papers, 1934-1975 and n.d. [c.1935-1940], including

text of a lecture on monastic libraries read at Keble College, Oxford, Hilary Term, 1934

'Manuscripts of Monastic Provenance etc. in Cambridge University Library', with a note by Hunt, 'copied by [Harold] Pink and given to me by J.R. L[iddell] 1936'

lists of contents of libraries

notes taken from manuscripts and published sources

Folder 4: notebook, 'Catalogues - Reading, Ramsey', n.d. [c.1935-1940]

Folder 5: photocopies of published sources relating to libraries and library catalogues, n.d. [c.1960]