Robert Willis: Papers

Scope and Content

Architectural notes, drawings and drafts. Includes work on various cathedrals. Some mechanical drawings are included.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Formerly belonging to John Willis Clark. Purcahsed in 1911.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Related Material

For further papers of Robert Willis see MSS Add. 5022-5045, 5058-5062, 5064, 5071, 5074, 5075 and 5078-5082. The Library also holds a collection of papers of Willis' collaborator, John Willis Clark, parts of which are either by Willis or concern him and and his work. See MSS.Add.5063, 5065-5070, 5072, 5073, 5076, 5077, 5083, 5091 and 5103. Cambridge University Library holds a catalogue by Willis of writers on music and sound, MS.Add.4307.