Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1871-1897 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
6 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bequest of William Aldis Wright, 1914.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Drafts and proofs of Aldis Wright's editions for the Cambridge edition of Shakespeare and for the Clarendon Press edition.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
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Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The collection was previously given the code WAW and arranged in August 1992. Unbound items from the Adversaria collection were added to join similar materials already in the collection and the collection was reordered chronologically in Dec. 2022.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
There are also printed editions in the Adversaria class with Aldis Wright's annotations. See the library's printed collections catalogue: https://lib-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/
More of William Aldis Wright's papers may be found in Additional Manuscripts a, b, and c in this catalogue.
Publication note
The Works of William Shakespeare edited by William Aldis Wright (London: Macmillan, 1863–1866; 2nd ed. 1891–1893) and Shakespeare: The Select Plays edited by William Aldis Wright and W. G. Clark (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1868-1897)