Papers of Richard Blaker

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. c. 324-5
  • Dates of Creation
    • [ca. 1893-1971]
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Papers of Richard Blaker comprising:

  • letters to Ann Mayo Owen (later Blaker), 1935-6
  • letters to Mrs Blaker from various correspondents, with copies of some letters from her, 1938-48, 1967
  • letters from Louis Golding, mainly to Blaker and his wife, c. 1918-47
  • letters to Blaker from various correspondents, including his wife, 1935-8
  • letters from Blaker to Louis Golding, 1926-39
  • papers of Mrs Blaker, 1895-1971
  • papers of Blaker, 1893-1940, n.d.
  • a telegram to Louis Golding, 1940.

Administrative / Biographical History

Richard Sidney Blaker (1893-1940) was an author. 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 1972 and (MS. Eng. lett. c. 325 fols. 92-136) in 1984.

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A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.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 R.S. Blaker (MSS. Eng. misc. b. 115, c. 554-62, d. 755-87, e. 705-11, f. 418; Eng. lett. c. 317-23, c. 326, d. 339).