Papers of James Ingram

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  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Eng. c. 6842, e. 3324-5
  • Dates of Creation
      1716-1856
  • Language of Material
      English.
  • Physical Description
      3 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Papers of James Ingram, consisting mainly of correspondence, with a journal and an account book.

Administrative / Biographical History

James Ingram (1774-1850), Anglo-Saxon scholar and President of Trinity College, Oxford, see Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The papers were given to the Library by Dr. Grosvenor Burfitt-Williams, 1994.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection is available online at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollectionswmss/online/online.htm.

Custodial History

The papers were owned by a descendant of James Ingram living in Australia.

Related Material

See also Warton Papers (Dep. c. 634-49, d. 586-703, e. 276-305). The Bodleian Library also holds Ingram's topographical collections (MS. Top. gen. d. 32). In addition there are many of Ingram's letters scattered throughout other collections in the Library, see indexes in Duke Humfrey's Library.