Papers of the Morton, Dorville and Gorham Families

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Eng. misc. b. 303-10, c. 729, d. 350-2, e. 363-7, e. 398, e. 1197-9, f. 651, g. 18-58, g. 231; Eng. hist. e. 213; Eng. lett. d. 142, e. 195; Eng. th. d. 40, d. 42; Top. gen. c. 113
Dates of Creation
- 18th-20th century
Language of Material
- English.
Physical Description
- 70 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Papers of the Morton, Dorville and Gorham families, including journals and diaries, correspondence, accounts, catalogues of books, notebooks, and wills and settlements, including:

Journal by Joseph Morton of voyages to Holland, 1789, and Denmark, 1791
Catalogues of the libraries of J.P. D'Orville, late 18th century, and George and Elizabeth Dorville, early 19th century
Diary of Anne Dorville, 1825-37
Diaries of Mrs H.S. Gorham (Clara Dorville Morton), 1886-1907

Administrative / Biographical History

Morton, Dorville and Gorham families.

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 in 1953 and 1955.

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. 43145-214.