Papers of Horace Hart

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. c. 466-7; Eng. misc. e. 971-2
  • Dates of Creation
      1856-1915
  • Language of Material
      English.
  • Physical Description
      4 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Hart's papers consist of two albums containing personal papers and correspondence, and two albums containing press cuttings of 'original contributions to various publications' by Hart.

Administrative / Biographical History

Horace Hart (fl 1856-1915) was Printer to the University of Oxford. Details are given in the 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 bought from Sotheby's in 1979, with the aid of a generous gift from the Printer to the University.

Note

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

Other Finding Aids

A full description is available in the Library.

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