Papers of William Percival Sawyer

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Top. Oxon. d. 925, e. 611-13
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1915-76
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 4 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Sawyer's papers, consisting of indentures of apprenticeship as a reporter with the Oxford Times, 1915; journal, 1936-49, 1950-4; scrapbook of newscuttings, postcards, cigarette cards and other ephemera, 1923-76.

Administrative / Biographical History

William Percival Sawyer was a newspaper reporter.

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 given to the Library by Mr W.P. Sawyer in 1980.

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.