Transcripts of Letters made for J.R. Magrath

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. c. 5, d. 31-3
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 20th century (transcripts of 17th-18th century originals)
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 4 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Four volumes of transcripts of letters to or from members of the Queen's College, Oxford, 1651-1795, made for J.R. Magrath.

Administrative / Biographical History

John Richard Magrath (1839-1930) was Provost of the Queen's College, Oxford. 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

The transcripts were given to the Library in 1930.

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. 40748-51.