Photocopies of papers relating to Jonathan Swift, collected by Professor Herbert Davis

Scope and Content

Photocopies of papers from several libraries, relating to Jonathan Swift, collected by Professor Herbert Davis

Administrative / Biographical History

Herbert John Davis (1893-1967) was Reader in Textual Criticism at Oxford University. Details are given in Who Was Who.

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.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Given to the Library in 1967.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

Related Material

See also the papers of Herbert Davis (MSS. Eng. lett. c. 521-7; Eng. misc. c. 786-9).