Diaries and a Commonplace Book, 19th century

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. misc. e. 1339-40, e. 1342-3
  • Dates of Creation
    • 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 4 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

  • Commonplace book of Eliza Cooper, mid-19th century, including copies of poems, late 18th - mid-19th century, many by members of the George family of Bristol
  • Intermittent diary entries by a woman, probably a member of the George family of Downside, near Bristol, 1875-84
  • Diaries of Elizabeth Hannah Otway (ne Batt), written mainly in Ireland, 1850-8, 1870-5

Administrative / Biographical History

Unknown

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

The collection was given to the Library by Margaret N. Crompton in 1982.

Note

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

Other Finding Aids

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