Papers of P.A. Landon

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Top. Oxon. c. 504/1-2, c. 505
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1939-48
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 3 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Papers of P.A. Landon, bursar of Trinity College, relating to Oxford during the war, 1939-48, including papers of the committee on the use of university and college buildings, 1941-7; papers relating to the Catering Wages Board, 1944; correspondence with the Ministry of Food, 1941-6; and papers of the Domestic Bursars' Committee, 1940-5.

Administrative / Biographical History

Philip Aislabie Landon (1888-1961) was bursar of Trinity College, Oxford, see Who Was Who for details.

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 by P.A. Landon in 1957.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, 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. II, nos. 54636-8.