Papers of Robert P. Eckert

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. c. 280-3, d. 281-5; Eng. misc. c. 501, d. 674-7
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1897-1965
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 14 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Letters and papers relating to Robert P. Eckert's Edward Thomas collection, and to Eckert's published works, 'Edward Thomas, soldier-poet of his race', American Book Collector, 4 (1933), 19-21, 66-9, and Edward Thomas: a biography and a bibliography (London, 1937). Some papers of Edward Thomas are included in the collection.

Administrative / Biographical History

Robert Paul Eckert (d 1966) was a biographer.

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 bequeathed by R.P. Eckert and received by the Library in 1966.

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. 41325-38.

Bibliography

See Scope and Content.

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