Papers of Beatrice Braithwaite Batty

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Eng. misc. c. 95, e. 85-6, e. 102-4, f. 32, f. 41-7; Autogr. g. 2; Eng. hist. g. 2; Eng. poet. g. 2; Top. gen. e. 59; Top. Oxon. e. 182-3; Top. Surrey f. 1
Dates of Creation
- Early 19th century-1910
Language of Material
- English.
Physical Description
- 21 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Papers of Beatrice Braithwaite Batty, including:

Account of a voyage to India, October 1860-December 1861
Diary of travels in France, 1863
'Oxford in Term Time', journals, 1890
Account of a visit to Royal Holloway College, 1890
Diary of a holiday at Oberammergau, with sketches, 1890, and autograph album including signatures of actors in the Oberammergau Passion Play in 1900
Diary of a visit to Canada, 1909-10
Fictional works by Mrs Batty
Diary and papers of William Barrow as lieutenant and commander, Royal Navy, 1832-6, n.d.
Notebook containing a sailor's collection of extracts, verses and riddles, ca. 1826
Journal of a tour into Wales, by Mary Webber, 1835

Administrative / Biographical History

Beatrice Braithwaite Batty (1833-1933), novelist and diarist, wrote under the name of Beatrice Stebbing.

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 by Mrs Batty in 1918.

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. 43467-87.