Papers of Mark Pattison, consisting of:
- Diaries, 1831-79
- Accounts, 1841-67
- Correspondence, 1830-83
- Miscellaneous papers
Pattison Papers
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Pattison 1-64, 66-78
- Dates of Creation
- 1815-83
- Language of Material
- English, Latin, and German.
- Physical Description
- 77 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Mark Pattison (1813-1884) was Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, and a biographer. 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.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
On 13 June 1884, seven weeks before his death, Rev. Mark Pattison presented to the Library a chest of papers upon condition that it should not be opened before 1910. The box was opened on 19 March 1912.
Note
MS. Pattison 65 was returned to Lincoln College in 1945.
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 35604-81.