Letters of Hope Emily Allen

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. c. 212, d. 217
  • Dates of Creation
      1932-60
  • Language of Material
      English.
  • Physical Description
      2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Letters of Hope Emily Allen, consisting of:

  • Letters to the Early English Text Society, 1934-60
  • Letters to Miss Dorothy M.B. Ellis, 1932-41

Administrative / Biographical History

Hope Emily Allen (1883-1960) was a medieval scholar.

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

MS. Eng. lett. c. 212 was given to the Library by the Early English Text Society through Joan Wake in 1965. MS. Eng. lett. d. 217 was given by Miss Ellis through Joan Wake in 1965.

Note

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

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 41177-8.