Papers of H.W. Nevinson

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. misc. c. 496-7, d. 663, e. 610-28
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1860-1942
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 22 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Papers of H.W. Nevinson, consisting of:

  • Diaries, 1893-1941
  • Notebook containing extracts from printed works and notes on lectures relating to English literature, 1889-90
  • Notebook containing verse by Nevinson, begun in 1891
  • Literary papers, 1940-1, including a typescript draft of 'Thomas Hardy', published, London, 1941, and manuscript and typescript verse
  • Personal papers, 1860-1935, including ten photographs, 1860-1935, and papers concerning presentations to Nevinson, 1918, 1933, 1935, with his passport, 1934
  • Press cuttings, 1892-1942
  • Papers relating to a memorial meeting to pay tribute to Nevinson, December 1941

Administrative / Biographical History

Henry Woodd Nevinson (1856-1941) was an essayist, philanthropist and journalist. 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.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

The papers were bequeathed to the Library by Nevinson's niece, Joan Sharp, in 1969.

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. I, nos. 43973-44068.

Genre/Form

Diaries