Diaries and Notes of R.S. Herries

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. e. 3260-71
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1880-98
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 12 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Diaries and notes of R.S. Herries, as a law student and a barrister, including many descriptions of travels, mainly in Great Britain, some in Europe, with the texts of two papers read to Eton (school) societies, on geology, 1880, and mathematical, mainly geometrical, problems.

Administrative / Biographical History

R.S. Herries (1860-1941) was a law student at Cambridge, 1881-4, and a barrister in London, 1884-94.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

The collection was bought from Henry Bristow in 1996.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

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