sub-fonds 74 - Papers of W. Aldis Wright relating to philology, etc.

Área de identidad

Código de referencia

Add. MS b/74

Título

Papers of W. Aldis Wright relating to philology, etc.

Fecha(s)

  • 1711–1910 (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

sub-fonds

Volumen y soporte

1 box

Área de contexto

Institución archivística

Historia archivística

There is no formal record of the provenance of these documents, but they were presumably all among the large quantity of books and papers formerly belonging to Aldis Wright which came into the Library shortly after his death. The items were broughtread more

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

This is a miscellaneous collection of letters, printed papers, and memoranda relating to a number of Wright’s philological and literary interests, including English dialects and the works of Shakespeare.

Sistema de arreglo

An inventory of the papers was made before they were catalogued. As the papers were clearly rather disordered, a more systematic order was adopted, following such indications of significant order as survived.

Nota del archivista

This description was created by A. C. Green in 2022 from a word-processed catalogue compiled by him in 2009.