Manuscripts collected by Sir Charles Harding Firth, with some working papers. The collection includes poetry, ballads, lectures, notebooks of extracts, and letters.
Manuscripts Collected by Sir Charles Harding Firth
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- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Firth b. 3-5, c. 14-20, d. 4-15, e. 3-7, g. 1
- Dates of Creation17th-20th century
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description28 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Sir Charles Harding Firth (1857-1936) was a historian. 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 collection was given to the Library by Sir Charles, 1916-30, and his widow, 1936, except for MS. Firth d. 10, which was given to the Library in 1937.
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. II, nos. 46873-900.