Transcripts of letter books of Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, containing tissue copies of letters from the Bishop, 1843-68, by the Rev. R.K. Pugh. The originals are MSS Wilberforce, but are too fragile to be made available, except in special circumstances.
Transcripts of letter books of Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford
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- Dates of Creationmid 20th century (transcripts of 19th century originals)
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- Language of MaterialEnglish.
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Administrative / Biographical History
Samuel Wilberforce (1805-73) was Bishop of Oxford and Winchester. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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Acquisition Information
Deposited in the Library by R.K. Pugh in 1965-6.
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Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
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A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.
Bibliography
See Ronald K. Pugh The episcopate of Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, 1845-1869, and of Winchester, 1869-1873 : with special reference to the administration of the Diocese of Oxford (Thesis (D.Phil.), University of Oxford, 1957); and R.K. Pugh and J.F.A. Mason (eds.) The letter-books of Samuel Wilberforce, 1843-68, (Buckinghamshire Record Society and the Oxfordshire Record Society, 1970).