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

Zona de identificação

Código de referência

Add. MS b/74

Título

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

Data(s)

  • 1711–1910 (Produção)

Nível de descrição

sub-fonds

Dimensão e suporte

1 box

Zona do contexto

História do arquivo

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

Zona do conteúdo e estrutura

Âmbito e conteúdo

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 arranjo

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 do arquivista

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